Hun Mainun Na Ro (now don’t cry for me) by Fauzia Rafiq

(This poem is for Shaheed Bibi Fatmah, 45, who with Shaheed Bibi Jannat, 38, was buried alive in Babakot in July 2008 for trying to stop the alive burials of three young women.)

Hun mainun na ro
Shaheed Bibi Fatmah Laye

Hun mainuN na ro Sohniyae!
Main lakhh hyateyaN payaN
‘Hai Fatmah’ akhaeN ha jae vul awaN ha poor ke
Hunjoo kairdi, chupp aTerdi, beh jawaN ha dhooR ke

Hun mainuN na ro Sohneya!
main lakhh hyateyaN payaN
‘Hai Fatmah’ akhaeN ha jae farq neyaaneyaN paandi
tainuN aahndi tooN raja te ohnoN teri baandi

Hun mainuN na ro Heeriyae!
main lakhh hyateyaN payaN
‘Hai Fatmah’ akhaeN ha jae khhaR ke zulm na sehndi
sakhiaN dendi daan Meerwah aan namasheiN behndi

Hun mainuN na ro Heereya!
main lakhh hyateyaN payaN
‘Hai Fatmah’ akhaeN ha jae Babaekot vich thuRdi
Terae paireeN sir rakhdi te ohndae sir te bhurdi

‘Wah Fatmah! Wah Fatmah!’
aakh mainuN, hun ‘Hai’
muqadar zaalmaN!

Shaheed Bibi Fatmah (45) te Shaheed Bibi Jannat (38) July 2008 vich apniaN trae sathnaN nooN bachawn de kardeyaN aap ve Babakot jewendiaN pooreyaN gayaN.

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