Hum Dekhenge ( Iqbal Bano ) Complete Poem

Hum Dekhenge ( Iqbal Bano )
Poet : Faiz Ahmad Faiz
(English Translation)

We shall see

It is a must that we shall see
The day that has been prophesized
The one written on the Tablet of Fate

We shall see

When the insurmountable mountains of oppression
Shall blow as if cotton flakes
And beneath the feet of us common folk
This land will throb with a deafening sound
And upon the heads of the despotic folk
Lightening will strike a thundering pound.

We shall see

When from the Palace of our Lord
All earthly gods will be taken out
We, righteous ones, outcasts of church,
shall don a glorious robe, no doubt.
All crowns will fly
All thrones will fall

We shall see

Only the name of the Lord will stay on
who is unseen, yet ever seeing
who is the sight, as well as the scene
The shout of "I am The Truth"* shall rise
which is true for you and I
and the creation of the Lord will rule
which is true for you and I.

We shall see
It is a must that we shall see
We shall see.
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Iqbal Bano (1935 - 2009) Was a Ghazal singer from Pakistan and a singer of both classical and modern ghazals.
Iqbal Bano was born in 1935 in Delhi. She was brought up and raised in Delhi. Iqbal was a very talented girl musically. She possessed a sweet and appealing voice.
Even from a young age, Bano developed a love for music. It was a crucial situation of her life when her friends father came forward as a votary. He told her father My daughters do sing reasonably well, but Iqbal is blessed in singing.
She will become a big name if you begin her training. Because of persuasion from others and her attachment to music, he allowed her to be a student in music. In Dehli, she learnt from Ustad Chaand Khan of the Delhi Gharana, an expert in all kinds of pure classical and light classical forms of vocal music.
He instructed her in pure classical music and light classical music within the framework of classical forms of thumri and dadra. She was duly initiated Gaandaabandh shagird of her Ustad. He forwarded her to All India Radio, Delhi and made her sing there.

In 1952, a zamindaar from Pakistan married seventeen year old Iqbal Bano, on promise that he would never stop her music, but try to promote her. He fulfilled his promise until he breathed his last in 1980 after the couple had been married for 28 years (1952 till 1980). After her marriage, she migrated to Garden Town, Lahore and she began learning from Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan of the Patiala Gharana and Ustad Abdul Karim Khan of the Kirana Gharana.
It was observed that her temperament was apt to genres like thumri, dadra and ghazal. Now and then, Radio Pakistan invited her for performances, she being an accomplished artiste.

She rendered her debut public concert in 1957, at Lahore Arts Council, before an elite crowd. Her relatives went wild as was expected, but music lovers feted her beyond imagination. With each recital, she generated more and more public appeal. She was considered a specialist in singing the works of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
She has given such musical relevance to the ghazals of Faiz, that Bano and Faiz are apparently inseparable in popular imagination. Because of Faizs imprisonment, and hatred of the Pakistani Government towards him, Bano roused a strong crowd of 50,000 people in Lahore by singing his passionate Urdu nazm, Hum Dekhenge.
With her powerful, trained and tactile voice, she cast a mesmeric spell over the crowd.

Iqbal Bano can sing Persian ghazals with the same fluency as Urdu. She is always applauded in Iran and Afghanistan for her Persian ghazals. Similar to all races of the world, the Iranians and Afghans thronged to her shows in large numbers to hear her ghazals in their mothertongue. Once, she said in an interview, that she had a collection of 72 beautiful Persian ghazals.

She is known for singing a new Persian ghazal each time at that festival. The King of Afghanistan liked her recital very much. Once, on such an occasion, the king was so pleased with her ghazals that he presented her with a golden vase in appreciation of her music. Music lovers found some notable similarities between Bano and Begum Akhtar, especially some marked resemblances in their styles of singing.

Iqbal Bano does not consider the contemporary ghazals as ghazal at all. Her recitals stick to the old classical style that lays more stress on the raag purity. Basically a ghazal singer, Iqbal Bano has also sung many memorable Pakistani film songs. She has sung for famous Urdu films like Gumnaam (1954), Qatil (1955), Inteqaam (1955), Sarfarosh (1956), Ishq e Laila (1957), and Nagin (1959). She won the Tamgha e Imtiaz (Pride of Performance) medal in 1974 for her contributions to the world of Pakistani music.

Death

At the age of 74, Iqbal Bano died in Lahore on April 21, 2009, after a short illness.

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[TheTahir621]

stunning way and mind blowing poetry . undescribable , really

[wiseumer007]

it is very incredible poetry i havent words to explain what kind of pleasnt feelings i feel when i hear it it is simply wonderful.....................­........

[abbasshussain10]

facebook.com/Iqbal.Bano.Offici­al

[Sendyclean]

Very good i have no urdu words to praise this gazal.

[bilalrao878]

faiz is Pakistan's legendary poet

[subhadeepkumar]

Laal Salaam, from India

[bismamughal]

awesome!!! <3 it

[jangrabna]

waaoooo

[bilalrao878]

superb



[wali5091989]

@FarooqChohan6692

uthayga ANAL HAQ ka naara