Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna is an Urdu patriotic poem written by Bismil Azimabadi as a dedication to young freedom fighters of the Indian independence movement. Composition & publication In 1921 Bismil wrote this poem, following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and other atrocities by the British colonialists. It was first published in journal "Sabah", published from Delhi. The ghazal has 11 couplets. Khuda Bakhsh Library has preserved the original copy and page of his diary containing this poem written by him and the corrections done by his mentor Shad Azimabadi. War-cry of independence movement The poem was immortalised by Ram Prasad Bismil, an Indian freedom fighter, as a war cry during the British Raj period in India. It has also been associated with the younger generation of inter-war freedom fighters such as Ashfaqullah Khan, Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad. 1992 Budget Speech The first line of the poem was recited by Dr. Manmohan Singh in his Budget Speech of 1992, on the floor of Lok Sabha. The Ghazal <blockquote><poem>sarfaroshī kī tamannā ab hamāre dil meñ hai dekhnā hai zor kitnā bāzū-e-qātil meiñ hai ai shahīd-e-mulk-o-millat main tere upar nisār le tere himmat ke charchā ghair ki mahfil mein hai vaah-e-qismat paañv kī ai jo.ab kuchh chaltī nahīñ kārvāñ apnā abhī tak pehlī hī manzil meiñ hai rahrav-e-rāh-e-mohabbat rah na jaanā raah meiñ lazzat-e-sahrā-navardī dūrī-e-manzil meiñ hai shauq se rāh-e-mohabbat kī musībat jhel le ik ḳhushī kā raaz pinhāñ jāda-e-manzil meñ hai aaj phir maqtal meñ qātil kah rahā hai baar baar aa.eñ vo shauq-e-shahādat jin ke jin ke dil meñ hai marne vaalo aao ab gardan kaTāo shauq se ye ġhanīmat vaqt hai ḳhanjar kaf-e-qātil meñ hai māne-e-iz.hār tum ko hai hayā, ham ko adab kuchh tumhāre dil ke andar kuchh hamāre dil meñ hai mai-kada sunsān ḳhum ulTe paḌe haiñ jaam chuur sar-nigūñ baiThā hai saaqī jo tirī mahfil meñ hai vaqt aane de dikhā deñge tujhe ai āsmāñ ham abhī se kyuuñ batā.eñ kyā hamāre dil meñ hai ab na agle valvale haiñ aur na vo armāñ kī bhiiḌ sirf miT jaane kī ik hasrat dil-e-'bismil' meñ hai ... </poem></blockquote> Recent use The poem has been recently being in use by various mass movements, like the anti-CAA protests in India, Pakistani Students Solidarity March, etc. Popular culture The poem was used in Manoj Kumar's Shaheed (1965) on the life of Bhagat Singh. It was again used (with altered lines) as