Written by
Hersh Bhasin
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Faiz: Bol (Speak)
Translated from Urdu by Hersh
Speak!
for your lips are still free.
Speak!
for the tongue is still yours.
That virile body that is yours:
Speak!
for life is still yours.
See!
in the blacksmith’s shop,
fierce the flames, red the anvil.
The forge: its hungry jaws widening
the chains: its lap, inviting.
Speak!
for this short time is enough
before body & tongue’s demise.
Speak!
for truth is still alive.
Speak!
whatever you want to say… speak it!