Faiz : A multifacedted poet

Faiz is full of inspiration. From a hardcore revolutionary to an aspirant Sufi he has a multifaceted personality. All these shades reflect in his writings. I have never came across a more daring voice of the oppressed ones than his ‘Lazim hai ke hum bhi dekhenge’. I rate his following couplet as his most read and popular piece of writing which describes the agony of partition in a way no one else did. یہ داغ داغ اجالا ، یہ شب گزیدہ سحر وہ انتظار تھا جسکا یہ وہ سحر تو نہیں