wahee hai rang magar
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ye ab ki fasl mein
khilte gulaab kaise hain
the colour is the same
but the scent smells of blood
what kind of roses are these
blooming in this season's crop?
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Interpretation
Shaayar Nawaz seems to point to something strange in the landscape: the roses blooming in the season seem just as beautiful but, if you go closer, they smell of blood.
Something has changed in the country, in the land, where the roses seem nourished by violence, oppression, or sacrifice and they reek of blood.
The "roses" symbolize prosperity, celebrations, victories, life as usual of people untouched by suffering, while the lingering scent of blood is drawn from the suffocated, voiceless multitudes that are unseen, forgotten, buried below.
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