READING FAIZ AHMED FAIZ’S POEM HUM DEKHIENGEY (WE SHALL SEE) IN PRESENT SCANERIO

Author Name: Ahsan Ul Haq

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/01.2021-66779869/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Research Scholar, Department of English, University of Kashmir, Srinagar (J & K).India

ABSTRACT

Who could have thought that after four decades Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem could incite controversy in the Sub-continent? Written in 1979 in the context of Pakistani president Zia Ul Haq regime Faiz’s famous revolutionary song Hum Dekhiengey (We Shall See), rendered into music by famous singer Iqbal Bano in 1986 has become the anthem of protest. Faiz Ahmed Faiz was a revolutionary poet, whose poetry had reached far and beyond. Faiz used his poetic talent for the cause of revolution, protest, dissent. His poetry is a hybrid of love with the revolution where it becomes very difficult to distinguish between both. The poet who championed the cause of poor masses and fought for its revival was jailed, exiled but nothing could subvert his strong determination. The present paper is going to discuss his poem Hum Dekhiengey (We Shall See) in its context, reading poetry is easy but decoding its metaphors and illusions needs the skill what is called as ‘ how to read a poem and how not to read a poem

Key words: Hum Dekhiengey (We Shall See), Faiz, revolution, protest, poetic language.