A humble tribute (a Sindhi poem translated in English) to the great Sindhi freedom fighter Amar Shaheed Hemu Kalani ji
By RadhaBekhabar@IgnorantWriter
Radha Bekhabar@Ignorantwriter, based in Mumbai, India, is a creative content writer, promoter of Sindhi language and culture. She is also a poetess, researcher, song writer, translator, jokes and memes creator. Radha is recipient of awards in school for Sindhi language. Some of her works have been published in the globally acclaimed Sindhi e-paper Hindvasi.
Crazy for Freedom
Crazy for Freedom He was crazy crazy crazy for freedom
Sacrificed his life for beloved Sindh
Carefree was he, Hemu Kalani, a Swaraj Senaani
Brave among the brave, yes brave among the brave
A warrior from the city Sukkur of Sindh
A robust wrestler, courageous and fearless
He studied hard, a swimming ace
Crazy crazy crazy was he
For the freedom of the country
That was the era of British, their tyrannical rule
Only seven years of age was Hemu
National flags they would carry
Hemu and friends would roam freely
Hemu used to say use indigenous goods
Boycott foreign ones
Slogans of “long live revolution”
Passion and fiery emotion
Hemu was daring and reckless
One day there was a news, a train would pass through Sukkur carrying weapons, gunpowder and Britishers to end the freedom fighters
In the darkness of night, Hemu had no tools, only a hammer and a chisel
He tried to derail the train by removing the fish plate and drop the train off its tracks but alas!
A police officer saw their tact
Friends absconded, Hemu was arrested
In jail, tortures were Hemu’s friends
Strictness and atrocities never did end
Neither did he apologize, nor did he bend
A sense of patriotism, an oath of silence in support of his friends
The punishment of life sentence turned into gallows
The whole world in deep sorrow
What kind of a justice is this?
To liberate your motherland, a sin, is it
What kind of a justice is this?
Innocence is killed! Humanity is killed!
Hemu sacrificed his life, sacrificed for his country’s freedom
At the age of nineteen
All smiles, with Bhagvad Geeta in hands
He was crazy crazy crazy for freedom
A martyr he became, an immortal
RadhaBekhabar’s salute, hundreds of salutations and honours to Hemu Kalani, the martyr
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امر شھيد ھيمو ڪالاڻيءَ جي لاءِ پيش آھي سنڌي ڪوتا
آزاديء جو ديوانو جنھنکي لکيو آھي راڌابيخبر
ھو آزاديء جو ديوانو ديوانو ديوانو گھوريائين پنھنجي جند پياري سنڌ جي مٿان
ھو بيپرواھ ھيمو ڪالاڻي سوراج سينا جو سيناني
ويرن ۾ وير ھا ويرن ۾ وير
شوروير بلوان پھلوان
سنڌ جي سکر شھر جو ساھسي نڊر ھيمو ھو
پڙھائيء ۾ تيز سومنگ ايس
آزاديء جو ديوانو ديوانو ديوانو
تڏھن ھو انگريزن جو زمانو
انگريزن جي زالم ھڪومت
ھيموء جي عمر رڳو ست رڳو ست
کڻي قومي جھنڊا ھيمو اين دوست کلي آم گھمندا
ھيمو چوندو ھو واپريو سامان سوديشي
ڪيو بھشڪار وديشي
نارا لڳائي انقلاب زنداباد جوش اين جنون جي آگ
ھيمو بنداز جانباز آزاديء جو ديوانو ديوانو ديوانو
ھڪ ڏينھن خبر ملي ت گزرندي ريل گاڏي سکر مان
کڻي بارود اين ھٿيار جنھن مي سينا فرنگي ڪرانتيڪارين جي خاتمي لاي وڃي رھي ھئي
رات جو انڌڪار ھيموء وٽ نو اوذار
ھٿوڙي اين ڇيڻيء سان ريل کي پٽريء تان فش پليٽ ڪڍي ڪيرائڻ جي ڪوشش ڪيائين پر افسوس ٿانيدار جي نزر پئي دوست ٿيا فرار ھيمو ٿيو گرفتار
جيل ۾ ظلم ھئا ساٿي سختي ھئي ڪافي
ھيموء تي پئي ڏاڍي مار ٿيس گھڻيئ اتياچار
پر ھيموء ڪان گھري مافي
من ۾ ديشڀڪتيء جو اھساس ھيموء ڪئي ماٺ
ڏنئي دوستن جو ساٿ
سزا عمرقيد جي فاسيء ۾ تبديل ٿي سڄي دنيا مايوس ٿي
ھي ڪھڙو انصاف آھي ؟
ڇا پنھنجي ماتر ڀوميء کي آزاد ڪرائڻ پاپ آھي؟
ھي ڪھڙو انصاف آھي؟
!ماصوميت جو گھات آھي
انسانيت جو گھات آھي
ھيموء ڪئي پنھنجي جان قربان ديش جي آزاديء لاي ڏنو بلدان اڻويھ سالن جي عمر ۾ مرڪندي مرڪندي
ڀگود گيتا ھٿن ۾ آزاديء جو ديوانو ديوانو ديوانو
شھيد ٿي ويو امر ٿي ويو
امر شھيد ھيمو ڪالاڻي نو جوان کي راڌابيخبر جو سلام
شت شت نمن اين پرڻام
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