Partition was ever present in my childhood. Is it still so?
An article in Dawn republished some of the great poetry of the time:
Faiz:
ye daagh daagh ujala ye shab-gazida sahar
vo intizar tha jis ka ye vo sahar to nahin
Shiv Kumar Batalvi:
Mainu te yaad hai ajj vi, te tenu yaad hove ga
Jadon dohaan ne dil ke apni maan da qatl kita si
Meri dudh di umar maan de qatl sang qatl ho gayi si
Te thande dudh di oh laash tere ghar hi soan gayi si
Te jis noon yaad karke aaj vi mein chup ho jandan
Tere hisse vich aaye ardh dhad vich roz kho jandan
Amrita Sher Gill
Ajj aakhan Waris Shah nuu,
Kiton qabraan vichon bol,
Tey ajj kitaab-e-ishq daa,
Koi agla warka kholIkk royi sii dhi Punjab di,
Tu likh likh maarey wain,
Ajj lakhaan dhiyan rondiyan,
Tenu Waris Shah nuu kainUthh dard-mandaan diya dardiya,
Utth tak apna Punjab
Ajj bailey lashaan bichiyaan
Tey lahoo di bhari Chenab