वो जो बच्चियों से भी डर गये- किश्वर नाहीद
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वो जो इल्म से भी गुरेज पा
करे ज़िक्र रब्बे-करीम का
वो जो हुक्म देता है इल्म का
करे उस के हुक्म से मावरा, ये मुनादियाँ
न किताब हो किसी हाथ में
न ही उँगलियों में कलम रहे
कोई नाम लिखने की जा न हो
न हो रस्मे-इज़्में-सना कोई.
वो जो बच्चियों से भी डर गये
करे शहर-शहर मुनादियाँ
कि हर एक
कद्दे-हयानुमा को नकाब दो
कि हर एक दिल के सवाल
को ये जवाब दो
नहीं चाहिए उन्हें बच्चियाँ
उड़ें ताईरों की तरह बुलंद
नहीं चाहिए कि ये बच्चियाँ
कहीं मदरसों, कहीं दफ्तरों का
भी रुख करें
कोई शोला रु, कोई बासफा हैं
कोई
तो सहने-हरम ही उसका मक़ाम है
यही हुक्म है ये कलाम है.
वो जो बच्चियों से भी डर गये
वो यहीं कहीं हैं करीब में
इन्हें देख लो इन्हें जान लो
नहीं इनसे कुछ भी बाईद शहरे-जवाल में
रखो हौसला रखो ये यकीं
के जो बच्चियों से भी डर गये
किश्वर नाहिद की आवाज़ में सुनिए उनकी नज़्म-इस लिंक पर जाइये.
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And they are those who are afraid of little girls
Kishwar Naheed
They are those who are
afraid of little girls
They seem, fittingly to dislike education and enlightenment
They claim to be following the will of God,
They seem, fittingly to dislike education and enlightenment
They claim to be following the will of God,
Who commands us to
seek Learning!
That is one command they blithely ignore,
That is one command they blithely ignore,
With contradictory
fervor and zeal
You shall NOT put books in those hands,
You shall NOT put books in those hands,
Nor pens in those
fingers
They need not be able to write their names even,
They need not be able to write their names even,
And what value us
there in afemale name?
Let's just rid society of the notion of female identity
And they are those who are afraid of little girls,
Let's just rid society of the notion of female identity
And they are those who are afraid of little girls,
They eagerly move from
city to coty, shouting loudly
That every girl approaching puberty needs to be veiled,
That every girl approaching puberty needs to be veiled,
And should they have
any questions,
Let them be given
these answers:
We don't want these girls to soar,
We don't want these girls to soar,
Soar with spread wings
in an open sky
We don't need these girls To be heading towards schools and offices
What good, pray tell, is that?
We don't need these girls To be heading towards schools and offices
What good, pray tell, is that?
And should there be
among them one with a spark
Or any purity in their hearts
Let her become religious,
Or any purity in their hearts
Let her become religious,
We inform you what God
says
And they are those who are afraid of girls,
And they are those who are afraid of girls,
they are right here
among us
Recognize them and know them!
Recognize them and know them!
They are those who
will stop at nothing
In a society that disintegrates.
But don't lose heart
In a society that disintegrates.
But don't lose heart
Gather the strength of your own conviction and know this:
That they who are afraid of little girls,
That they who are afraid of little girls,
How puny they must be
in stature.
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