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{{Infobox poem<br />
|name = ''Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna''<br />
|country = India<br />
|language = [[Urdu]]<br />
|series = <!-- Series (if any) --><br />
|subject = Ode to freedom fighters of India<br />
|genre = [[Ghazal]]<br />
|publisher = Sabah (Urdu journal from Delhi)<br />
|publication_date = 1922<br />
|publication_date_en = <!-- Published in English (1st English edition) --><br />
|media_type = <!-- MMedia type (paperback, hardback) --><br />
|lines = 22 (11 couplets)<br />
|pages = <!-- Pages (prefer 1st edition) --><br />
|size_weight = <!-- Size and Weight --><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna''''' is an [[Urdu]] patriotic poem written by [[Bismil Azimabadi]] as an ode to young freedom fighters of the [[Indian independence movement]].<ref name=skdhil>Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911&ndash;1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&printsec=frontcover ''History of Indian Literature: 1911–1956: Political Movements and Indian Writers'', Page 82 Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna], 1995, published by [[Sahitya Akademi]], {{ISBN|978-81-7201-798-9}}, retrieved via Google Books on 19 May 2013</ref><br />
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==Composition & publication==<br />
In 1921 Bismil wrote this poem,<ref name="Noorani 1996 16">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iMGbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Bismil+Azimabadi%22&dq=%22Bismil+Azimabadi%22 |title=The trial of Bhagat Singh: politics of justice |first=Abdul Gafoor Abdul Majeed |last=Noorani |publisher=Konark |year=1996 |page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Dipti|title=79th Anniversary: Khalsa college begins yearlong symposium for unsung heroes|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/79th-anniversary-khalsa-college-begins-yearlong-symposium-for-unsung-heroes/|accessdate=19 July 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=29 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Muslim World|date=2004|publisher=Motamar al-Alam al-Islami; World Muslim Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNJtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Bismil+Azimabadi%22&dq=%22Bismil+Azimabadi%22|accessdate=6 December 2017|language=en}}</ref> following the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]] and other atrocities by the British colonialists.<ref name="dawn"/> It was first published in journal "Sabah", published from Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Interview of Syed Masood Hasan, Grandson of Bismil Azimabadi|accessdate=17 May 2015 |work=Hindustan Times (Patna)|url=https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcS0Sd9CO5KhEYPrgxLzr-hIVCZL8-KXtXiAQt9QhTYjrlEmD-EM&usqp=CAU|language=hi|date=17 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=तो 'सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना..' एक बिहारी बिस्मिल ने लिखी है !!|url=http://www.patnabeats.com/sarfaroshi-ki-tamanna-bismil-azimabadi/|website=PatnaBeats|accessdate=17 November 2017|date=5 August 2016}}</ref> The ghazal has 11 couplets.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read full ghazal 'Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna' by Bismil Azimabadi|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ghazals/sarfaroshii-kii-tamannaa-ab-hamaare-dil-men-hai-bismil-azimabadi-ghazals|website=Rekhta|access-date=2020-06-02}}</ref> [[Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library|Khuda Bakhsh Library]] has preserved the original copy and page of his diary containing this poem written by him and the corrections done by his mentor Shad Azimabadi.<ref name="tawarikhkhwani">{{Cite web|title=Sarfaroshi ki tamanna - Bismil Azimabadi|url=https://www.tawarikhkhwani.com/sarfaroshi-ki-tamanna-bismil-azimabadi/|date=2019-12-14|website=TAWARIKHKHWANI|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-02}}</ref><br />
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==War-cry of independence movement==<br />
The poem was immortalised by [[Ram Prasad Bismil]], an Indian freedom fighter, as a war cry during the [[British Raj]] period in India.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kl08TgBBxHIC&pg=PA213 |accessdate=2016-09-20 |title=Ali Sardar Jafri |volume=685 |journal=Lokodaya Granthamala |editor-first=Anil |editor-last=Sehgal |publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith |year=2001 |isbn=978-8-12630-671-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Muhammad|first1=Shan|title=Muslims and India's freedom movement|date=2002|publisher=Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, India|isbn=9788185220581|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AyFuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Bismil+Azimabadi%22&dq=%22Bismil+Azimabadi%22|accessdate=6 December 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hasan|first1=Mushirul|title=Roads to Freedom: Prisoners in Colonial India|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199089673|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jIM8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95&dq=%22Bismil+Azimabadi%22#q=%22Bismil%20Azimabadi%22|accessdate=6 December 2017|language=en}}</ref><br />
It has also been associated with the younger generation of [[inter-war]] freedom fighters such as [[Ashfaqullah Khan]], [[Bhagat Singh]] and [[Chandrashekhar Azad]].<ref name="Noorani 1996 16"/><br />
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==The Ghazal<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read full ghazal by Bismil Azimabadi|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ghazals/sarfaroshii-kii-tamannaa-ab-hamaare-dil-men-hai-bismil-azimabadi-ghazals|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Rekhta}}</ref>==<br />
<blockquote><poem>''<br />
sarfaroshī kī tamannā ab hamāre dil meñ hai <br />
dekhnā hai zor kitnā bāzū-e-qātil meñ hai<br />
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ai shahīd-e-mulk-o-millat maiñ tire uupar nisār <br />
le tirī himmat kā charchā ġhair kī mahfil meñ hai<br />
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vaa.e qismat paañv kī ai zo.af kuchh chaltī nahīñ <br />
kārvāñ apnā abhī tak pahlī hī manzil meñ hai<br />
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rahrav-e-rāh-e-mohabbat rah na jaanā raah meñ <br />
lazzat-e-sahrā-navardī dūrī-e-manzil meñ hai<br />
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shauq se rāh-e-mohabbat kī musībat jhel le <br />
ik ḳhushī kā raaz pinhāñ jāda-e-manzil meñ hai<br />
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aaj phir maqtal meñ qātil kah rahā hai baar baar <br />
aa.eñ vo shauq-e-shahādat jin ke jin ke dil meñ hai<br />
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marne vaalo aao ab gardan kaTāo shauq se <br />
ye ġhanīmat vaqt hai ḳhanjar kaf-e-qātil meñ hai<br />
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māne-e-iz.hār tum ko hai hayā, ham ko adab <br />
kuchh tumhāre dil ke andar kuchh hamāre dil meñ hai<br />
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mai-kada sunsān ḳhum ulTe paḌe haiñ jaam chuur <br />
sar-nigūñ baiThā hai saaqī jo tirī mahfil meñ hai<br />
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vaqt aane de dikhā deñge tujhe ai āsmāñ <br />
ham abhī se kyuuñ batā.eñ kyā hamāre dil meñ hai<br />
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ab na agle valvale haiñ aur na vo armāñ kī bhiiḌ <br />
sirf miT jaane kī ik hasrat dil-e-'bismil' meñ hai <br />
...<br />
</poem></blockquote><br />
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==Recent use==<br />
The poem has been recently being in use by various mass movements,<ref name="dawn">{{Cite web|last=Sharjeel|first=Shahzad|date=2020-01-02|title=Come to a head|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1525817|access-date=2020-06-02|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Shukla|first=Ira|date=2019-12-24|title=Poems, Slogans & Paintings: With Its Recent Protests, India Has Shown How To Use Art For Resistance|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/news/poems-slogans-paintings-with-its-recent-protests-india-has-shown-how-to-use-art-for-resistance/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=www.scoopwhoop.com|language=English}}</ref> like the [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests|anti-CAA protests]] in India,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-16|title='Azadi', 'Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna': What the Nationwide Student Protests in Solidarity with Jamia Milia Looked Like|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/azadi-sarfaroshi-ki-tamanna-what-the-nationwide-student-protests-in-solidarity-with-jamia-milia-looked-like-2425537.html|access-date=2020-06-02|website=News18}}</ref> Pakistani [[Students Solidarity March]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-19|author=Scroll Staff|title=Watch: Pakistani students sing 'Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna' at Faiz Festival ahead of solidarity march|url=https://scroll.in/video/944192/watch-pakistani-students-sing-sarfaroshi-ki-tamanna-at-faiz-festival-ahead-of-solidarity-march|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> etc.<br />
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== Popular culture ==<br />
The poem was used in the 1965 [[Manoj Kumar]] movie ''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]'' on the life of Bhagat Singh.<ref>[http://mptbc.nic.in/books/class9/enggt9/ch12.pdf History Book Sl.No. 12 Chapter Bismil Azimabadi Page No. 82] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801082521/http://mptbc.nic.in/books/class9/enggt9/ch12.pdf |date=1 August 2013 }}</ref> It was again used (with altered lines) as the lyrics for songs two films: in the title song of the 1999 film ''[[Sarfarosh]]'' (''Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaye''), and in the 2002 Hindi film, ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]''. The poem has also been used in the 2006 film, ''[[Rang de Basanti]]''. The poem is also referenced in abridged form in the 2009 movie, ''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'' by [[Anurag Kashyap (director)|Anurag Kashyap]].<ref name="dawn"/><br />
Also, as of recently it is being used in an upcoming movie Bhuj starring Ajay Devgan in a multi starrer<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Kakori conspiracy]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
{{Wikisource}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=South Asian Partition Fiction in English: From Khushwant Singh to Amitav Ghosh |first=Rituparna |last=Roy |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-90-8964-245-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HCQfRFr6iMgC}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Colonial Transaction: English Literature and India |first=Harish |last=Trivedi |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-7190-4605-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7A0NAQAAIAAJ}}<br />
* [http://shayaribazaar.com/sarfaroshi-ki-tamannaसरफरोशी-की-तमन्ना-अब-हम/ Sarfaroshi-ki-tamanna]<br />
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