#HumDekhenge, #Faiz
Why is everything political in Indian media?
Why can't a bad poem by anyone be called out for what it is?
We may love sentimental poetry --but a concatenation of old and tired tropes on the believers triumphing over idolators cannot be termed original.
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Why is everything political in Indian media?
Why can't a bad poem by anyone be called out for what it is?
We may love sentimental poetry --but a concatenation of old and tired tropes on the believers triumphing over idolators cannot be termed original.
1/2
Or consider the banal comparisons in Faiz's love poem:
Raat yunh dil mein teri khoee hui yaad aayee
Jaise veeraaney mein chupkey sey bahaar aa jaye
Jaisey sehra on mein howley se chaley baadey naseem
Jaisey beemaar ko bey wajhey Qaraar aa jaaye
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Raat yunh dil mein teri khoee hui yaad aayee
Jaise veeraaney mein chupkey sey bahaar aa jaye
Jaisey sehra on mein howley se chaley baadey naseem
Jaisey beemaar ko bey wajhey Qaraar aa jaaye
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Last night, your lost memories crept into my heart
as spring arrives secretly into a barren garden
as a cool morning breeze blows slowly in a desert
as a sick person feels well, for no reason.
All stock phrases - cut and paste.
Some may like it, I think it is bad poetry.
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as spring arrives secretly into a barren garden
as a cool morning breeze blows slowly in a desert
as a sick person feels well, for no reason.
All stock phrases - cut and paste.
Some may like it, I think it is bad poetry.
3/4
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