War For The Sake Of God (In Context With Afghan Civil War) Poem by Afzal Shauq

Willing to quench
your thirst...

Jehad..
The holly war...

Think you well
before taking the sword
And call for Jehad


Oh brother...!
Fulfill my last desire...
After killing me
take my bloody body
to my grave.

May my promised wife
Your sister
remain unwed
let no henna
touch her hand.

And...
Beware these well wishes
who offered up
this idea of killing
For our common good.

For Pashto religion
will never accept them
As a soldier of God
a true martyr.
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Poem In Pashto By: Afzal Shauq
Translated in English By: Alley Boling
Book: 'TWIST OF FATES' Poem No.120/Page.164
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