Naye Saal Ke Naam

नए साल के नाम

Poem

हमको जेलों में भर देंगे,
हमको जेलों में भरने दो।
यह स्वप्न सुनहरे भारत का,
पर अन्दर से मत मरने दो।
यह जान तो आनी जानी है,
इस जान की कोई बात नहीं।

आज एक हैं हिन्दुस्तानी सब।
कोई धर्म नहीं, कोई जात नहीं।
यूँ आपस में लड़वा कर अब
है कुछ भी नहीं मिलने वाला,
सरकार आएगी जाएगी,
यह देश नहीं मिटने वाला।

हम लाठी खाते जायेंगे।
हम गोली खाते जायेंगे।
गर भेद भाव कर माँगोगे,
हम काग़ज़ नहीं दिखायेंगे।

आवाज़ उठाने का हक़ है,
आवाज़ उठाते जायेंगे।
हम इन्किलाब के नारों से
सारा आकाश सजायेंगे।
जो खून बहा कर सींचा है
है फूल वोह अब खिलने वाला।
सरकार आएगी जाएगी,
यह देश नहीं मिटने वाला।

तुम पुलिस को हम पर छोड़ोगे।
तुम फ़ौज से हमें डराओगे।
जिस्मों को कुचल डोज लेकिन
आवाज़ को कैसे दबाओगे।
सब पूंजीपति तुम्हारे हैं,
पैसा भी है अपरम्पार।
सारे खरीद लो जज वकील
सारे खरीद लो पत्रकार।
जनता यह नहीं बिकने वाली
जनतंत्र नहीं बिकने वाला,
सरकार आएगी जाएगी,
यह देश नहीं बिकने वाला।

Transliteration

Humko jailon mein bhar denge,
Humko jailon mein bharne do.
Yeh swapn sunahre bharat ka
Par andar se mat marne do.
Yeh jaan to aani jaani hai,
Is jaan ki koi baat nahi.
Aaj ek hain hindustani sab
Koi dharm nahi, koi jaat nahi.
Yoon aapas mein laRwakar ab
Hai kuchh bhi nahi milne wala,
Sarkaar aayegi jaayegi,
Yeh desh nahi mitne wala.

Hum laathi khate jayenge.
Hum goli khate jayenge.
Gar bhed bhav kar mangoge
Hum kaghaz nahi dikhayenge.
Awaaz uthane ka haq hai
Awaaz uthate jayenge.
Hum inqilaab ke naaron se
Saara aakash sajayenge.
Jo khoon baha kar seecha hai,
Hai phool wohi khilne wala.
Sarkaar aayegi jaayegi,
Yeh desh nahi mitne you wala.

Tum police ko hum par chhoRoge.
Tum fauj se humein daraoge.
Jismon ko kuchal doge lekin
Awaaz ko kaise dabaoge.
Sab poonji pati tumhare hain,
Paisa bhi hai aparampaar.
Saare khareed lo judge wakeel,
Saare khareed lo patrakar.
Janta yeh nahi bikne wali,
Jantantra nahi bikne wala,
Sarkaar aayegi jaayegi,
Yeh desh nahi mitne wala.

Translation

They will put us in jails.
Let them.
But the dream of a better India —
Don’t let it die from within you.
Life is but a temporary pleasure,
This life in truth is worth nothing.
All Indians are one today.
No religion, no caste, no differences.
No good will come out of
Making us fight each other.
Governments will come and go,
The nation will survive.

We will keep getting beaten up.
We will keep getting killed.
We will still deny all the misrules
Made for the purpose of discrimination.
Raising our voices is our right.
We will keep raising it nevertheless.
With slogans of Revolution
We shall fill up the skies.
The flowers we have tended with our blood,
The flowers shall bloom again.
Governments will come and go,
The nation will survive.

You will let loose your police on us.
You will let loose your army on us.
You will tread upon our bodies but
How will you suppress our voice?
All the crony capitalists are yours,
You have wealth that doesn’t end,
Buy all the judges and the lawyers.
Buy all the media and journalists.
The people will not sell themselves,
The nation cannot be bought,
Governments will come and go,
The nation will survive.


In solidarity with the countless Indians protesting against the CAA and NRC fiasco in India and in memory of all those who have lost their lives till now.)

2 thoughts on “Naye Saal Ke Naam

  1. The poem is filled with optimism and a much-needed defiance that is refreshing to see among the Indian peoples under a regime turning more tyrannical by the day. However, the revolutionary spirit has to be nurtured with the goals of revolution in mind, which is absent. Simply limiting ourselves to gaining more civil liberties and tolerance for minorities won’t be enough. Until we achieve our aims, the struggle is on: what the farmers achieved in Delhi under tremendous duress was inspiring.

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