Question

An exiled emperor’s epitaph in this language laments that “for his burial / Not even two yards of land were to be had his beloved land.” An English adaptation of a poem in this language concludes by demanding “Heart, / bolt forever your sleepless doors No one, now no one will ever return.” After censorship of the author of “Solitude,” a defiant performance of his poem “We Will See” in this language at Alhamra (10[1])Arts Council made it a protest anthem. Ali Sethi (“SAY-tee”) is a modern singer in a (10[1])semi-classical (10[1])genre (10[1])that adapts poems from this language like Ahmed Faraz’s (10[1])“If it is grief, so be it,” (10[2])whose past singers include Jagjit Singh and Begum (10[1]-5[1])Akhtar. (10[1]-5[2])It’s not Persian, but Iqbal Bano (10[1])was another (10[1])singer of ghazals (10[1])in this language, (-5[1])including those by Muhammad Iqbal (10[2])and (10[2])Mirza (10[2])Ghalib. For 10 points, Faiz Ahmad Faiz wrote in what national language of Pakistan? (10[2])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Urdu [prompt on Hindustani or Hindi–Urdu; reject “Hindi”] (The first line refers to the epitaph of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, who wrote that poem and many others.)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%17%124.50

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangCornell AGeorgia Tech A7410
Mazin OmerHarvard ATexas A8910
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt ARutgers B9010
Ani PerumallaPenn State APenn A9110
Darren PetrosinoRutgers AMcGill A10010
Natan HoltzmanStanford AFlorida A10710
Ashish SubramanianDuke AMaryland A10710
Daniel MaYale AChicago A11510
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BVirginia A115-5
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AMIT A116-5
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern AIndiana A11610
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BYale B116-5
John John GrogerColumbia AToronto A12210
Joel MilesMinnesota AChicago C12410
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BPurdue A12710
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina ACornell B130-5
Conor ThompsonIowa State AIllinois A13510
Clark SmithOhio State AWUSTL A13510
Puna EkkaMinnesota BJohns Hopkins A13610
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichigan AImperial A13610
Jason HongBrown AChicago B13710
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AClaremont A13710
Albert ZhangColumbia BNYU A15110
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale BWUSTL B15110
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BHouston A15210
Joseph ChambersVirginia AGeorgia Tech B15210
Ricky LiMIT AUC Berkeley A15210
Sarod NoriCornell BNorth Carolina A15210