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'''Hum Dekhenge''' ({{lang-ur|{{nq|ہم دیکھیں گے}}}} - In english ''We shall see'') is a popular [[Urdu]] [[nazm]], written by the [[Pakistani]] poet [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110102/jsp/nation/story_13381050.jsp|date=2 January 2012|title=Faiz poetry strikes chord in Delhi|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|location=Calcutta, India|first=Pheroze L.|last=Vincent}}</ref> Originally written as ''Va Yabqá Vajhu Rabbika (And the countenance of your Lord will outlast all)'',<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kantor|first=Roanne|date=2016-07-02|title='My Heart, My Fellow Traveller': Fantasy, Futurity and the Itineraries of Faiz Ahmed Faiz|journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies|volume=39|issue=3|pages=608–625|doi=10.1080/00856401.2016.1189034|s2cid=148081857|issn=0085-6401}}</ref> it was included in the seventh poetry book of Faiz -- ''Mere Dil Mere Musafir''.
'''Hum Dekhenge''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|ہم دیکھیں گے}}}} - In english ''We shall see'') is a popular [[Urdu]] [[nazm]], written by the [[Pakistani]] poet [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110102/jsp/nation/story_13381050.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911152854/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110102/jsp/nation/story_13381050.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2012|date=2 January 2012|title=Faiz poetry strikes chord in Delhi|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|location=Calcutta, India|first=Pheroze L.|last=Vincent}}</ref> Originally written as ''Va Yabqá Vajhu Rabbika (And the countenance of your Lord will outlast all)'',<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kantor|first=Roanne|date=2016-07-02|title='My Heart, My Fellow Traveller': Fantasy, Futurity and the Itineraries of Faiz Ahmed Faiz|journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies|volume=39|issue=3|pages=608–625|doi=10.1080/00856401.2016.1189034|s2cid=148081857|issn=0085-6401}}</ref> it was included in the seventh poetry book of Faiz -- ''Mere Dil Mere Musafir''.


== Background ==
== Background ==
The nazm was composed as a medium of protest against [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization|Zia Ul Haq's oppressive regime]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhJuAAAAMAAJ|title=On the Abyss: Pakistan After the Coup|last=Ali|first=Tariq|date=2000|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-81-7223-389-1|pages=198|language=en}}</ref> It gained a rapid cult-following as a [[Left-wing politics|leftist]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/opinion/pakistan-pervez-musharraf.html|title=Opinion {{!}} The Dictator and His Death Sentence|last=Hanif|first=Mohammed|date=2019-12-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-23|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dutt|first=Bishnupriya|date=2015-07-03|title=Performing Resistance with Maya Rao: Trauma and Protest in India|journal=Contemporary Theatre Review|volume=25|issue=3|pages=372|doi=10.1080/10486801.2015.1049823|s2cid=192583044|issn=1048-6801}}</ref> song of resistance and defiance,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Korpe|first1=Marie|last2=Reitov|first2=Ole|date=September 2010|title=Banned: a Rough Guide|journal=[[Index on Censorship]]|language=en|volume=39|issue=3|pages=36|doi=10.1177/0306422010381043|s2cid=145443811|issn=0306-4220}}</ref> after a public rendition by [[Iqbal Bano]] at [[Alhamra Arts Council]]<ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/12/stories/2005031200770300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112075842/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/12/stories/2005031200770300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2016|title=Husn-e-Ghazal|date=12 March 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Dawn">[http://www.dawn.com/news/944800/iqbal-bano-ghazal-personified Iqbal Bano ghazal personified] Dawn (newspaper), published 22 April 2009, Retrieved 21 June 2018</ref> on 13 February 1986,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/modi-india-unhappy-with-faizs-hum-dekhenge-zias-pakistan-was-too/343560/|title=Modi's India unhappy with protesters singing Faiz's Hum Dekhenge. Zia's Pakistan was too|last=Bamzai|first=Kaveree|date=2020-01-02|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> ignoring the ban on Faiz's poetry.<ref name="TheGuardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/11/iqbal-bano-obituary|title=Iqbal Bano - Renowned Pakistani singer of Urdu ghazals|date=10 May 2009|publisher=[[The Guardian (UK)]]}}, Retrieved 21 June 2018</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8011930.stm|title=Pakistani singer Iqbal Bano dies|last=Khan|first=M Ilyas|date=22 April 2009|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pirzadeh|first1=Saba|last2=Pirzada|first2=Tehmina|date=2019-05-04|title=Pakistani popular music: A call to reform in the public sphere|journal=South Asian Popular Culture|volume=17|issue=2|pages=197|doi=10.1080/14746689.2018.1512702|s2cid=149998949|issn=1474-6689}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Archiving the nation-state in feminist praxis: a South Asian perspective|last=Chakravarti|first=Uma|author-link=Uma Chakravarti|date=2008|publisher=[[Centre for Women's Development Studies]]|hdl = 2451/34235}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Raza|first=Gauhar|author-link=Gauhar Raza|date=January 2011|title=Listening to Faiz is a subversive act|url=https://old.himalmag.com/component/content/article/3566-listening-to-faiz-is-a-subversive-act.html|journal=[[Himal Southasian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://medium.com/@nayadaurpk/when-iqbal-bano-defied-zias-dictatorship-to-sing-hum-dekheinge-at-alhamra-81f971eebe3d|title=When Iqbal Bano Defied Zia's Dictatorship To Sing 'Hum Dekheinge' At Alhamra|last=Media|first=Naya Daur|date=2019-09-04|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>
The nazm was composed as a medium of protest against [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization|Zia Ul Haq's oppressive regime]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhJuAAAAMAAJ|title=On the Abyss: Pakistan After the Coup|last=Ali|first=Tariq|date=2000|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-81-7223-389-1|pages=198|language=en}}</ref> It gained a rapid cult-following as a [[Left-wing politics|leftist]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/opinion/pakistan-pervez-musharraf.html|title=Opinion {{!}} The Dictator and His Death Sentence|last=Hanif|first=Mohammed|date=2019-12-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-23|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dutt|first=Bishnupriya|date=2015-07-03|title=Performing Resistance with Maya Rao: Trauma and Protest in India|journal=Contemporary Theatre Review|volume=25|issue=3|pages=372|doi=10.1080/10486801.2015.1049823|s2cid=192583044|issn=1048-6801}}</ref> song of resistance and defiance,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Korpe|first1=Marie|last2=Reitov|first2=Ole|date=September 2010|title=Banned: a Rough Guide|journal=[[Index on Censorship]]|language=en|volume=39|issue=3|pages=36|doi=10.1177/0306422010381043|s2cid=145443811|issn=0306-4220}}</ref> after a public rendition by [[Iqbal Bano]] at [[Alhamra Arts Council]]<ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/12/stories/2005031200770300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112075842/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/12/stories/2005031200770300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2016|title=Husn-e-Ghazal|date=12 March 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Dawn">[http://www.dawn.com/news/944800/iqbal-bano-ghazal-personified Iqbal Bano ghazal personified] Dawn (newspaper), published 22 April 2009, Retrieved 21 June 2018</ref> on 13 February 1986,<ref name="BanoAlhamra">{{cite news |last1=Hashmi |first1=Ali Madeeh |title=When Iqbal Bano Defied Zia's Dictatorship To Sing 'Hum Dekheinge' At Alhamra |url=https://medium.com/@nayadaurpk/when-iqbal-bano-defied-zias-dictatorship-to-sing-hum-dekheinge-at-alhamra-81f971eebe3d |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=Medium.com |agency=Medium.com |publisher=Naya Daur Media |date=Sep 4, 2019}}</ref> ignoring the ban on Faiz's poetry.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/modi-india-unhappy-with-faizs-hum-dekhenge-zias-pakistan-was-too/343560/|title=Modi's India unhappy with protesters singing Faiz's Hum Dekhenge. Zia's Pakistan was too|last=Bamzai|first=Kaveree|date=2020-01-02|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref><ref name="TheGuardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/11/iqbal-bano-obituary|title=Iqbal Bano - Renowned Pakistani singer of Urdu ghazals|date=10 May 2009|publisher=[[The Guardian (UK)]]}}, Retrieved 21 June 2018</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8011930.stm|title=Pakistani singer Iqbal Bano dies|last=Khan|first=M Ilyas|date=22 April 2009|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pirzadeh|first1=Saba|last2=Pirzada|first2=Tehmina|date=2019-05-04|title=Pakistani popular music: A call to reform in the public sphere|journal=South Asian Popular Culture|volume=17|issue=2|pages=197|doi=10.1080/14746689.2018.1512702|s2cid=149998949|issn=1474-6689}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Archiving the nation-state in feminist praxis: a South Asian perspective|last=Chakravarti|first=Uma|author-link=Uma Chakravarti|date=2008|publisher=[[Centre for Women's Development Studies]]|hdl = 2451/34235}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Raza|first=Gauhar|author-link=Gauhar Raza|date=January 2011|title=Listening to Faiz is a subversive act|url=https://old.himalmag.com/component/content/article/3566-listening-to-faiz-is-a-subversive-act.html|journal=[[Himal Southasian]]|access-date=26 December 2019|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226145115/https://old.himalmag.com/component/content/article/3566-listening-to-faiz-is-a-subversive-act.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://medium.com/@nayadaurpk/when-iqbal-bano-defied-zias-dictatorship-to-sing-hum-dekheinge-at-alhamra-81f971eebe3d|title=When Iqbal Bano Defied Zia's Dictatorship To Sing 'Hum Dekheinge' At Alhamra|last=Media|first=Naya Daur|date=2019-09-04|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>


== Themes ==
== Themes ==
The poem employs the metaphor of traditional Islamic imagery to subvert and challenge Zia's fundamentalist interpretation of them; [[Islamic eschatology|Qayamat]], the Day of Reckoning is transformed into the Day of Revolution, wherein Zia's military government will be ousted by the people and democracy will be re-installed.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/the-story-of-faizs-hum-dekhenge-from-pakistan-to-india-over-40-years-caa-protest-6186565/|title=The story of Faiz's Hum Dekhenge — from Pakistan to India, over 40 years|date=2019-12-27|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref>
Faiz employs the metaphor of traditional Islamic imagery to subvert and challenge Zia's fundamentalist interpretation of them; [[Islamic eschatology|Qayamat]], the Day of Reckoning is transformed into the Day of Revolution, wherein Zia's military government will be ousted by the people and democracy will be re-installed.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/the-story-of-faizs-hum-dekhenge-from-pakistan-to-india-over-40-years-caa-protest-6186565/|title=The story of Faiz's Hum Dekhenge — from Pakistan to India, over 40 years|date=2019-12-27|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref>


== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
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It was recreated in [[CokeStudio11|Coke Studio Season 11]] on 22 July 2018, under the aegis of [[Zohaib Kazi]] and [[Ali Hamza]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/345654-|title=Coke Studio 11 announces itself with 'Hum Dekhenge'|author=Maheen Sabeeh|date=24 July 2018|work=[[The News International]]|accessdate=29 July 2018}}</ref>{{efn-ua|The Coke Studio rendition however removed some lines, which were arguably the most controversial part of the poem.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/what-coke-studio-did-to-faizs-song-pakistan-is-doing-to-its-people/88955/|title=What Coke Studio did to Faiz's song, Pakistan is doing to its people|last=Kaur|first=Harnidh|date=2018-07-26|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-06}}</ref>}} The poem gained importance in protests against [[Pervez Musharraf]] in the early 2000s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/433474|title=If mullahs usurp anti-imperialism should the secular fight be given up?|last=Naqvi|first=Jawed|date=2008-12-15|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1070671|title=DAWN - Features; November 22, 2007|date=2007-11-22|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref> The song has also been prominently featured in the 2022 film [[The Kashmir Files]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kashmir Files {{!}} Song - Hum Dekhenge {{!}} Hindi Video Songs - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/music/hindi/the-kashmir-files-song-hum-dekhenge/videoshow/90267245.cms |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |language=en}}</ref>


=== Media ===
== Citizenship Amendment Act protests in India ==
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The song was recreated in [[CokeStudio11|Coke Studio Season 11]] on 22 July 2018, under the aegis of [[Zohaib Kazi]] and [[Ali Hamza]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Maheen Sabeeh |date=24 July 2018 |title=Coke Studio 11 announces itself with 'Hum Dekhenge' |work=[[The News International]] |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/345654- |accessdate=29 July 2018}}</ref>{{efn-ua|The Coke Studio rendition however removed some lines, which were arguably the most controversial part of the poem.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/what-coke-studio-did-to-faizs-song-pakistan-is-doing-to-its-people/88955/|title=What Coke Studio did to Faiz's song, Pakistan is doing to its people|last=Kaur|first=Harnidh|date=2018-07-26|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-06}}</ref>}} In the movie [[The Kashmir Files|The Kashmir Files (2022)]], it was depicted as being sung by students of a left-leaning Indian university to as a song of protest <ref>Kumkum Chadha, [http://tehelka.com/the-kashmir-files-pedalling-a-half-truth/ The Kashmir Files: Pedalling a half truth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530153108/http://tehelka.com/the-kashmir-files-pedalling-a-half-truth/ |date=30 May 2023 }}, Tehelka, 1 April 2022.</ref>
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During the [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests]] in India,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/12/22/How-these-poems-have-defined-anti-CAA-protests.html|title=How these poems have defined anti-CAA protests|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref> faculty members of [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|IIT Kanpur]] took issue with ''Hum Dekhenge'' being sung by protesting students in the campus, and alleged it to be "anti-Hindu".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/whos-afraid-of-a-song-faiz-ahmed-faiz-iit-kanpur-6197024/|title=Who's afraid of a song?|website=The Indian Express|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>{{efn-ua|The line "sab but uṭhvāe jāenge" and "bas nām rahegā allāh kā" respectively translates to "when all the idols will be removed" and "only Allah will remain", from a very-literal reading. It was thus perceived to challenge [[idolatry]] and [[polytheism]], which many Hindus adhere to.}} The IIT instituted a commission to look into the issue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/iit-kanpur-panel-to-decide-if-faiz-poem-is-anti-hindu-20077|title=IIT Kanpur panel to decide if Faiz poem is anti-Hindu|last=Service|first=Tribune News|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> The student media body rejected the charges as being misinformed and communal, which divorced the poem from its societal context.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/do-not-communalise-iit-kanpur-students-respond-to-professor-who-accused-them-chanting-anti-india-slogans-1630553-2019-12-22|title=IIT Kanpur students respond to professor who accused them of chanting anti-India slogans}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://voxiitk.com/dont-communalise-the-peaceful-gathering-at-iit-kanpur/|title=Don't communalise the peaceful gathering at IIT Kanpur|date=21 December 2019|website=Vox Populi|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221165542/http://voxiitk.com/dont-communalise-the-peaceful-gathering-at-iit-kanpur/|archive-date=21 December 2019}}</ref>

=== Protests ===
The poem gained importance in protests against [[Pervez Musharraf]] in the early 2000s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/433474|title=If mullahs usurp anti-imperialism should the secular fight be given up?|last=Naqvi|first=Jawed|date=2008-12-15|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1070671|title=DAWN - Features; November 22, 2007|date=2007-11-22|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref>

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During the [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests]] in India,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/12/22/How-these-poems-have-defined-anti-CAA-protests.html|title=How these poems have defined anti-CAA protests|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref> faculty members of [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|IIT Kanpur]] took issue with ''Hum Dekhenge'' being sung by protesting students in the campus, and alleged it to be "anti-Hindu".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/whos-afraid-of-a-song-faiz-ahmed-faiz-iit-kanpur-6197024/|title=Who's afraid of a song?|website=The Indian Express|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>{{efn-ua|The line "sab but uṭhvāe jāenge" and "bas nām rahegā allāh kā" respectively translates to "when all the idols will be removed" and "only Allah will remain", from a very-literal reading. It was thus perceived to challenge [[idolatry]] and [[polytheism]], which many Hindus adhere to.}} The IIT instituted a commission to look into the issue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/iit-kanpur-panel-to-decide-if-faiz-poem-is-anti-hindu-20077|title=IIT Kanpur panel to decide if Faiz poem is anti-Hindu|last=Service|first=Tribune News|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> The student media body rejected the charges as being misinformed and communal, which divorced the poem from its societal context.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/do-not-communalise-iit-kanpur-students-respond-to-professor-who-accused-them-chanting-anti-india-slogans-1630553-2019-12-22|title=IIT Kanpur students respond to professor who accused them of chanting anti-India slogans}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://voxiitk.com/dont-communalise-the-peaceful-gathering-at-iit-kanpur/|title=Don't communalise the peaceful gathering at IIT Kanpur|date=21 December 2019|website=Vox Populi|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221165542/http://voxiitk.com/dont-communalise-the-peaceful-gathering-at-iit-kanpur/|archive-date=21 December 2019}}</ref> During the same period of early 2000s [https://www.amazon.in/Books-Madan-Mohan-Duklan/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AMadan+Mohan+Duklan Madan Duklan], a prominent actor, director and poet in Garhwali language translated 'Hum Dekhenge' in Garhwali language. Encouraged and directed by [https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/15162152-sunil-kainthola Dr. Sunil Kainthola], local artists who were participating in a production orientation workshop for '[https://www.pioneeredge.in/mukhjatra-recreating-the-zeitgeist-of-azadi/ Mukhjatra]' sang the [https://in.pinterest.com/pin/677721443912379274/#:~:text=%3Ciframe%20src%3D%22https%3A//assets.pinterest.com/ext/embed.html%3Fid%3D677721443912379274%22%20height%3D%22359%22%20width%3D%22345%22%20frameborder%3D%220%22%20scrolling%3D%22no%22%20%3E%3C/iframe%3E Garhwali version of Hum Dekhenge] in front of the Uttarakhand movement's martyrs monument in the court compound at Dehradun.

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==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==

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Hum Dekhenge
by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Original titleویبقی و جہ ر بک
Written1979
First published in1981
LanguageUrdu
Lines21

Hum Dekhenge (Urdu: ہم دیکھیں گے - In english We shall see) is a popular Urdu nazm, written by the Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz.[1] Originally written as Va Yabqá Vajhu Rabbika (And the countenance of your Lord will outlast all),[2] it was included in the seventh poetry book of Faiz -- Mere Dil Mere Musafir.

Background

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The nazm was composed as a medium of protest against Zia Ul Haq's oppressive regime.[3] It gained a rapid cult-following as a leftist[4][5] song of resistance and defiance,[6] after a public rendition by Iqbal Bano at Alhamra Arts Council[7][8] on 13 February 1986,[9] ignoring the ban on Faiz's poetry.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Themes

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Faiz employs the metaphor of traditional Islamic imagery to subvert and challenge Zia's fundamentalist interpretation of them; Qayamat, the Day of Reckoning is transformed into the Day of Revolution, wherein Zia's military government will be ousted by the people and democracy will be re-installed.[15][17]

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Media

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The song was recreated in Coke Studio Season 11 on 22 July 2018, under the aegis of Zohaib Kazi and Ali Hamza.[18][A] In the movie The Kashmir Files (2022), it was depicted as being sung by students of a left-leaning Indian university to as a song of protest [20]

Protests

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The poem gained importance in protests against Pervez Musharraf in the early 2000s.[21][22]

During the Citizenship Amendment Act protests in India,[23] faculty members of IIT Kanpur took issue with Hum Dekhenge being sung by protesting students in the campus, and alleged it to be "anti-Hindu".[24][B] The IIT instituted a commission to look into the issue.[25] The student media body rejected the charges as being misinformed and communal, which divorced the poem from its societal context.[26][27] During the same period of early 2000s Madan Duklan, a prominent actor, director and poet in Garhwali language translated 'Hum Dekhenge' in Garhwali language. Encouraged and directed by Dr. Sunil Kainthola, local artists who were participating in a production orientation workshop for 'Mukhjatra' sang the Garhwali version of Hum Dekhenge in front of the Uttarakhand movement's martyrs monument in the court compound at Dehradun.

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  1. ^ The Coke Studio rendition however removed some lines, which were arguably the most controversial part of the poem.[19]
  2. ^ The line "sab but uṭhvāe jāenge" and "bas nām rahegā allāh kā" respectively translates to "when all the idols will be removed" and "only Allah will remain", from a very-literal reading. It was thus perceived to challenge idolatry and polytheism, which many Hindus adhere to.

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  3. ^ Ali, Tariq (2000). On the Abyss: Pakistan After the Coup. HarperCollins Publishers India. p. 198. ISBN 978-81-7223-389-1.
  4. ^ Hanif, Mohammed (19 December 2019). "Opinion | The Dictator and His Death Sentence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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  7. ^ "Husn-e-Ghazal". The Hindu. 12 March 2005. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  8. ^ Iqbal Bano ghazal personified Dawn (newspaper), published 22 April 2009, Retrieved 21 June 2018
  9. ^ Hashmi, Ali Madeeh (4 September 2019). "When Iqbal Bano Defied Zia's Dictatorship To Sing 'Hum Dekheinge' At Alhamra". Medium.com. Naya Daur Media. Medium.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  10. ^ Bamzai, Kaveree (2 January 2020). "Modi's India unhappy with protesters singing Faiz's Hum Dekhenge. Zia's Pakistan was too". ThePrint. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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  12. ^ Khan, M Ilyas (22 April 2009). "Pakistani singer Iqbal Bano dies". BBC News.
  13. ^ Pirzadeh, Saba; Pirzada, Tehmina (4 May 2019). "Pakistani popular music: A call to reform in the public sphere". South Asian Popular Culture. 17 (2): 197. doi:10.1080/14746689.2018.1512702. ISSN 1474-6689. S2CID 149998949.
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  16. ^ Media, Naya Daur (4 September 2019). "When Iqbal Bano Defied Zia's Dictatorship To Sing 'Hum Dekheinge' At Alhamra". Medium. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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  18. ^ Maheen Sabeeh (24 July 2018). "Coke Studio 11 announces itself with 'Hum Dekhenge'". The News International. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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  20. ^ Kumkum Chadha, The Kashmir Files: Pedalling a half truth Archived 30 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Tehelka, 1 April 2022.
  21. ^ Naqvi, Jawed (15 December 2008). "If mullahs usurp anti-imperialism should the secular fight be given up?". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  22. ^ "DAWN - Features; November 22, 2007". DAWN.COM. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  23. ^ "How these poems have defined anti-CAA protests". The Week. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  24. ^ "Who's afraid of a song?". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  25. ^ Service, Tribune News. "IIT Kanpur panel to decide if Faiz poem is anti-Hindu". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  26. ^ "IIT Kanpur students respond to professor who accused them of chanting anti-India slogans".
  27. ^ "Don't communalise the peaceful gathering at IIT Kanpur". Vox Populi. 21 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019.
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