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ELEGY FOR HASSAN NASIR; KILLED BY TORTURE IN THE LAHORE FORT, 1959 by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ

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First Line: TODAY, ALL AT ONCE, WHEN THE THREAD OF MY VISION SNAPPED
Last Line: THE CRY HEARD AGAIN ON THE LIPS OF THE SAQI, WHEN I AM GONE.
Subject(s): GRIEF; LAHORE, PAKISTAN; TORTURE; SORROW; SADNESS;
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