The Reward of Silence

Hali's poem of 1905 addressed to the women of India: eight stanzas on what women give the world, what they endure in their fathers' and husbands' houses, the ages of injustice they were made to bear in silence, and the dawn of their right to learning. Written by the reformer who gave Urdu the Musaddas, it remains the most moving plea for women's education in the language. Urdu text with a facing English translation; the note on the poet and the first stanza are free to read.

حالی کی ۱۹۰۵ء کی مشہور نظم جو ہندوستان کی عورتوں سے مخاطب ہے: آٹھ بندوں میں عورت کی عظمت، میکے اور سسرال کی خدمت، صدیوں کی حق تلفی اور خاموشی، اور آخرکار تعلیمِ نسواں کی صبح۔ اردو متن مع انگریزی ترجمہ۔