Water And Kashmir Poem by Akhtar Jawad
Water And Kashmir
A daughter of winds and water
hiding her appealing body totally
in a dark gown so much opaque
that the sun ran away from the scene.
Rose from the sea of infinity,
sang a love song while departing,
danced over the heads of heat,
the desert welcomed her.
Shaking her long hairs
poring some wine for the thirst
of the hopeful shining eyes
billions or trillions, sand particles.
Exciting the plains and the forests
cooling down the inviting trees
she climbed the hills
and arrived at the peak.
The waiting mountain kissed her
and she was frozen their as ice
the whole winter she dreamed
a prince who could get her out.
A friend mistaken as an enemy,
rose and broke the walls
of the enchanted castle
the frozen girlmelted in his arms.
She was now pregnant of fertility
she was changed in a river
came down as water falls,
Crossed the plains crossed the deserts.
Life danced everywhere even in the deserts
the barren lands were pregnant of greenery,
the desert too now have another scenery,
cattle are drinking sweet soft water.
But then a war started
mountains, plains and the deserts picked up arms
sometimes in the name of God
sometimes in the name of undue nationalism.
I know and you also know
the war is for an honest distribution of water.
but the land that is source of dancing rivers
has become a victim of inhuman excesses.
The sad river in love of the entire land
having no other alternate left
jumped back into the sea and committed suicide
before the nuclear weapons evaporate the entire sea.
(I think of Kashmir and I feel pains of Kashmir but the world is sleeping.
Awake Oh world! Before it's too late)
I along with my wife and son visited Kashmir in May 2019. Loved the beautiful, picturesque land and the poor, but warm, friendly people of Kashmir. How a minority community can be subject to brutal subjugation by its own state is glaringly evident in Kashmir. Thanks for bringing out the tragedy of the people and the land of Kashmir in your poem.
A powerful, thoughtful and insightful poem. Full of images, beautiful verses and great imagination have made this poem so beautifully presented and conveyed. Very touching. My heart goes for Kashmir. I hope leaders will come to terms and settle the dispute without loss of lives.. A great poem beautifully written. To my Poem List.
Sirrr JA good WaTer and KASHMIR I ONCE WENT TO KASHMIR THE BEAUTYFUL FACES RED ROSE ON CHEEKS LIKED MUCH AND THE WATER IS PURE AND GOOD FOR HEALTH. IN PAKISTAN THE WAYER IS NOT SO GOOD ALL CONTAMINATION. SIRRR WE WILL ONE DAY COME FACE TO FACE YOU ME AND OUR POET TREE....10.
In a fight between two countries innocent people are suffering. So called heaven on earth has become bones of contention. Hope time will resolve this matter someday.
there are lives there are heaven there are flowers there are heaven there are water there are lives of heaven there are fire there are lives of heaven but now there the sun rises as the burning furnace the day comes with the canvas of pyre the rains shed the drops as the melancholic tears the night comes to make hear the warfare sounds the moon comes to show the sufferer of the wounded body the garden displays the flowers to keep bouquet on the sepulcher
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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But then a war started mountains, plains and the deserts picked up arms sometimes in the name of God sometimes in the name of undue nationalism.; excellent really excellent and finest poem penned by delineating the life of the appealing girl; like before again I confess that still we, the dwellers of the worlds, are not human! ! !