No New Land No Sky They Ask For, A Urdu Ghazal By Manzoor Hashmi In English Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

No new land no sky they ask for
Only refuge and peace they ask for

the sun is so hot these days
the shade is all the trees ask for

I have to make a request to you now
But safety of my life first I ask for

how can I accept the verdict of these people
I must go against myself, they ask for

If you want to shoot me, my rival
why my bow and arrows you ask for?

how self indulgent are the birds these days
flying before growing wings they ask for

(an added couplet as below)

'Ravi' is happy writing and translating poems
Only french cuisine wine and women he asks for