Quote by Faiz Ahmad Faiz: “The hands that ache from toil and hunger / The hands that know no rest.”

This poignant description speaks to the suffering and exploitation of the working class. It evokes the unending struggle and physical toll faced by those laboring under difficult conditions, highlighting a life consumed by relentless effort and deprivation.

From 'Mujh Se Pehli Si Mohabbat Mere Mehboob Na Maang' (Do Not Ask of Me, My Love, The Old Love Anymore), written shortly after the Partition of India. Faiz shifted his poetic focus from romantic love to the plight of the common people in the newly independent but struggling nation.

One of the most celebrated Urdu poets of the twentieth century, born in Sialkot in 1911. His poetry wove together romantic longing and political resistance, earning him the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962 and a Nobel Prize nomination.