Urdu Poet Habib Jalib and Black Lives Matter

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Progressive Urdu Poet Habib Jalib
Main Nahi manta

I too am not afraid of the gallows

I too am Mansoor, tell my enemy dear fellows

Why you threaten me with the prison 

the narrative of oppression 

the era of bigotry 

I defy, completely 

I reject, totally

flowers are blooming ,maybe for you 

dissent is free ,maybe for you

the wounds are healing maybe for you 

This sheer lie 

this plunder of reason 

I defy, completely

I reject, totally  

You have robed us for centuries of our peace

but now we won’t be deceived by you 

Why this pretense of messiahs for the sick?

You are not the healer, no matter what others say

I reject totally

I defy completly