Dodo Soomro's Death

Dodo Soomro's Death (Sindhi: دودي سومري جو موت, romanized: Doday Soomray Jo Maut) is a poetic play based on classical sindhi ballad Dodo Chanesar written by Sindhi poet Shiekh Ayaz. Play was written in 1970 and it contains themes of heroism, nationalism and sufism.^[1]

A partial English translation of the work cover all major themes was done by Noor Ahmed Janjhi, Published in 2021 (along with complete sindhi text).^[1]^[2]

Influence

Dodo Soomro's Death was written to influence and raise political consciousness of sindhi youth.^[1]

Lines from the opera are still being used by nationalists and civil society alike.

A popular couplet at the end of the play, when dodo is fallen and is taunted by chanesar that if he had abdicated in his favour, he never would have faced this fate. Dodo said:

ڇا به چوين مان مڙڻو ناهيان
ويس مٽائي ورڻو آهيان
تو به چنيسر جو ڪجهه چاهين
مون کان آگ ۾ ورڻو آهين
نانو نئين سان، ويس بدل سان
تنهنجي منهنجي جنگ ازل کان
جاري آهي، جاري رهندي
جاري آهي، جاري رهندي

Whatsoever you may say, I will not die away.
I shall come back (with new attire)
Whatever Chanesar you had desired (is not gonna fulfilled),
(Laughing) You will die before my last breath.
With new name and with different attire,
It is the longstanding fight between us (Battle of good and bad)
and it is and will continue to the end.

Last lines have been used (with minor changes) as slogan by nationalist^[3] and more recently in Aurat March Sindh.^[4]

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