While people talked and wrote about their fathers all day on social networking sites  today there was one daughter far away from her land of birth who wished the rest of India a very happy Father’s Day.

This was none other than Nishrin Jafri Husain, daughter of slain Ahsan Jafri in whose house the entire Gulberg society had sought refuge . That day  a communal crowd of over two thousand people had attacked the residents of Gulberg society. Ahsan Jafri was killed along with sixty eight other residents according to official reports.

Nargis Nishrin Jafri Husain posted her wedding photograph on Facebook. A distraught father (Ahsan Jafri) is seen here with his newly married daughter.

Nishrin wished India a Happy Father’s day and quoted Faiz Ahmed Faiz-

 

aaj bazaar main pa bajolan chalo
let us walk in bazaar in shackles

Chashm-e-nam, jaan-e-shoreeda kafi nahin
wet eyes and restless soul is not enough

Tohmat-e-ishq-posheeda kafi nahin
being charged for nurturing concealed love is not enough

aaj bazaar main pa-bajolan chalo
let us walk in bazaar in shackles

Dast afshan chalo, mast-o-raqsan chalo
let us go with afshan in hand, in trance and dancing

Khak bar sar chalo, khoon badaman chalo
go with dust on head and blood on garb

Rah takta hai sub shehr-e-janaan chalo
Go as the city of my beloved is waiting

Hakim-e-shehr bhi, majma-e-aam bhi
City’s ruler and crowd of commoners

Teer-e-ilzam bhi, sang-e-dushnam bhi
arrow of false charge, stone of accusation

Subh-e-nashaad bhi, roz-e-naakaam bhi
morning of sorrow, day of failure

Unka dum-saaz apnay siwa kaun hai
who is their friend except me

Shehr-e-janaan main ab baa-sifa kaun hai
who is untainted in the city of beloved

Dast-e-qatil kay shayan raha kaun hai
who deserve the killers or executioners hand

Rakht-e-dil bandh lo, dil figaro chalo
get ready for the journey of heart, go wounded heart

Phir hameen qatl ho aain yaro chalo
let me go to be executed

 

 

Faiz Ahmed Faiz