(Bal-e-Jibril-164) (سینما) Cinem

(Bal-e-Jibril-164) Cinema

Cinema

Wohi Bot Faroshi, Wohi Bot Gari Hai
Cinema Hai Ya San’at-e-Azari Hai

Cinema—or new fetish‐fashioning,
Idol‐making and mongering still?

Woh San’at Na Thi, Shewa-e-Kafiri Tha
Ye San’at Nahin, Shewa-e-Sahiri Hai

Art, men called that olden voodoo—
Art, they call this mumbo‐jumbo;

Woh Mazhab Tha Aqwam-e-Ehd-e-Kuhan Ka
Ye Tehzeeb-e-Hazir Ki Soudagari Hai

That—antiquityʹs poor religion:
This—modernityʹs pigeon‐plucking;

Woh Dunya Ki Mitti, Ye Dozkh Ki Mitti
Woh Bot Khana Khaki, Ye Khakastari Hai

That—earthʹs soil: this—soil of Hades;
Dust, their temple; ashes, ours.