ਕੁਝ ਕਿਹਾ ਤਾਂ ਹਨੇਰਾ ਜਰੇਗਾ ਕਿਵੇਂ
ਚੁੱਪ ਰਿਹਾ ਤਾਂ ਸ਼ਮਾਦਾਨ ਕੀ ਕਹਿਣਗੇ
ਗੀਤ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ ਇਸ ਰਾਤ ਜੇ ਹੋ ਗਈ
ਮੇਰਾ ਜੀਣਾ ਮੇਰੇ ਯਾਰ ਕਿੰਞ ਸਹਿਣਗੇ

If I say anything the darkness won't tolerate it
If I stay silent what will the lamps say about me
If my song dies this night
How will my friends tolerate me
ਇਸ ਅਦਾਲਤ 'ਚ ਬੰਦੇ ਬਿਰਖ ਹੋ ਗਏ
ਫੈਸਲੇ ਸੁਣਦਿਆਂ ਸੁਣਦਿਆਂ ਸੁਕ ਗਏ ।
ਆਖੋ ਏਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਉੱਜੜੇ ਘਰੀਂ ਜਾਣ ਹੁਣ
ਇਹ ਕਦੋਂ ਤੀਕ ਇਥੇ ਖੜ੍ਹੇ ਰਹਿਣਗੇ ।

In this court, men turned into trees
Dried up waiting for justice
Tell them to return to their devastated homes
How long will they stay here?
ਯਾਰ ਮੇਰੇ ਜੁ ਇਸ ਆਸ 'ਤੇ ਮਰ ਗਏ
ਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੁੱਖ ਦਾ ਬਣਾਵਾਂਗਾ ਗੀਤ
ਜੇ ਮੈਂ ਚੁੱਪ ਹੀ ਰਿਹਾ ਜੇ ਮੈਂ ਕੁਝ ਨਾ ਕਿਹਾ
ਬਣਕੇ ਰੂਹਾਂ ਸਦਾ ਭਟਕਦੇ ਰਹਿਣਗੇ ।

Those friends who died in hope
That I will write a song of their pain
If I stay silent, if I don't say anything
Their souls will keep wandering
ਜੋ ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ 'ਚ ਰੁਲਦੇ ਨੇ ਰੋਜ਼ੀ ਲਈ
ਉਹ ਜਦੋਂ ਦੇਸ਼ ਪਰਤਣਗੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਕਦੀ
ਕੁਝ ਤਾਂ ਸੇਕਣਗੇ ਮਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਿਵੇ ਦੀ ਅਗਨ
ਬਾਕੀ ਕਬਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਰੁੱਖ ਹੇਠ ਜਾ ਬਹਿਣਗੇ ।

Those who toil in foreign lands for food
When they'll return to their own one day
Only to warm themselves by the funeral pyres and to sit by graves
ਕੀ ਇਹ ਇਨਸਾਫ਼ ਹਉਮੈਂ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤ ਕਰਨਗੇ
ਕੀ ਇਹ ਖ਼ਾਮੋਸ਼ ਪੱਥਰ ਦੇ ਬੁੱਤ ਕਰਨਗੇ ।
ਜੋ ਸਲੀਬਾਂ ਤੇ ਟੰਗੇ ਨੇ ਲੱਥਣੇ ਨਹੀਂ
ਰਾਜ ਬਦਲਣਗੇ ਸੂਰਜ ਚੜ੍ਹਨ ਲਹਿਣਗੇ ।

Will justice be given by these sons of arrogance?
These silent statues of stone?
Those who died on crosses
Won't come down
Tho' empires will change
ਇਹ ਜੁ ਰੰਗਾਂ 'ਚ ਚਿੱਤਰੇ ਨੇ ਖੁਰ ਜਾਣਗੇ
ਇਹ ਜੁ ਮਰਮਰ 'ਚ ਉੱਕਰੇ ਨੇ ਮਿਟ ਜਾਣਗੇ ।
ਬਲਦੇ ਹਥਾਂ ਨੇ ਜਿਹੜੇ ਹਵਾ ਵਿਚ ਲਿਖੇ
ਹਰਫ਼ ਉਹੀ ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾ ਲਿਖੇ ਜਾਣਗੇ ।

The paints will run from paintings
The marble statues will crumble
Only those words, written by hands on fire
Only those words will survive forever
ਇਹ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਾਇਦ ਮੇਰਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਵਹਿਮ ਹੈ
ਕੋਈ ਦੀਵਾ ਜਗੇਗਾ ਮੇਰੀ ਕਬਰ 'ਤੇ
ਜੇ ਹਵਾ ਇਹ ਰਹੀ ਕਬਰਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਤਾਂ ਕੀ
ਸਭ ਘਰਾਂ 'ਚ ਵੀ ਦੀਵੇ ਬੁਝੇ ਰਹਿਣਗੇ ।

Perhaps it's only wishful thinking
That a lamp will burn on my grave
If this wind sustains
Leave aside graves
Even lamps of homes will extinguish
Written by the legendary poet of Punjab, Padam Shree S. Surjit Singh Patar.
I read this poem as a child in school.
Each word resonates true to this day. Especially today.

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31 Jan
I have some bad news for some of you. Sikhs don't owe you an explanation. We have survived over five hundred years without your validation. We will survive another five thousand. Don't like Langar? Don't eat at one. Don't like Sikhs? Move to Nepal. This is our country.
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