By Faiz Ahmed Faiz
ham karte
jo pe hai karte
jo pe hai karte
“We will go on tending the tablet and the pen — we will go on writing down whatever the heart endures.”
Romanहिन्दीFaiz Ahmed Faiz
हम करते रहेंगे
जो पे गुज़रती है करते रहेंगे
जो पे गुज़रती है करते रहेंगे
The verse in Devanagari — it carries the authenticity of the original, and every Hindi reader can read it.
♪ Hear the coupletA recitation in a synthesized voice.
The Interpretation
The couplet is the poet's vow of vocation — to keep tending the tablet and the pen no matter what. Writing becomes the faithful recording of whatever the heart undergoes, a duty rather than a choice. It declares poetry as a form of witness that does not stop, whatever the cost.
For You, Today
Whatever you are given to do well, keep doing it — the steady act of bearing witness is itself a kind of resistance.
A famous declaration of poetic commitment, standing as Faiz's pledge to never lay down the pen.
Themes:DefianceCourage
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