King Lear Poem by Sayeed Abubakar

O King Lear, what a senility!
You were the king of Paradise.
Whimsically you quit the throne;
Thus, affection and love got victorious.

True speech of Cordelia
Couldn't find any room into your heart;
Found room there only the sweet poison-word
And the deceit of Regan and Goneril.

At last, you realized that
Man's ears listen much wrong;
And that tastes sweet to the foolish ears
Bring terrible consequences.

'O obstinate mind, forget luxury;
May truth dawn on you
Though that truth tastes sour;
Lie brings only the disaster.'

Saying this, you sigh now
And say, 'All blame goes to fate! '
You who were once an eagle have become now
A broken winged crane that cannot fly.

All are mad for throne.
For the throne, men slaughters men;
Men become wild and ferocious
Like Hyenas for this throne!

Only what a senile you became,
You wanted to quit the throne!
What the fatigue came upon you,
You became so faint-hearted!

Having lost the power, you realized at last
(If you, Lear, realized earlier!)
If power gone, nobody comes to tread
The shadow, may be daughter, son or wife.

Everyone is busy with oneself;
Many come to soothe our minds
With fake loud love; True love
Doesn't possess sweet language of poetry;

True love doesn't get tune in cuckoo's song
As if it were a pearl hidden into an oyster;
But the romantic kings are always fond of
The false nectar covered by sweetness.

Copyist: Shish Mohammad