Saudatu Kabir

Money is precious money is power
Money is a devil cunning and evil
Source of war destruction of nations
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To educate a woman is to educate a nation
Do not deprive the woman of education
Do let her know what she is to mention
Wherever she goes throughout the nation
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I’m in my own world
I hear my own words
I speak to none
Except myself
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How hard I tried to write
A poem I tried to form
But I lack the wisdom I lack the knowledge
And above all my patience was waning fast
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Sweet words are like cool water droplets
That cool one when the heat is intense
Sweet words coming from the lips of my beloved
Cannot be compared to anything imaginable
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The sunshine ended from where you left
Leaving a gloomy darkness an empty space
Laughter ended from the moment you departed
Leaving sorrowful tears that poured and poured
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Sometimes stories told are true
Tales that would never make one rue
Isn't it true my handsome prince
Some tales will never have a price
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My grandpa used to tell me
There are diamonds in the sky
Every day at night
He will point at the stars
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Woman they say is inferior and less intelligent
Yet she bore them those who feel superior
They grew inside her depending on what she eats
Yet when born they feel she’s half human
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Among my people I was a living demon
My face a mask of horror
My fists strong as iron
My eyes red like fire
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Obey your Lord and learn to love
All His creatures man and dove
Ignorance, darkness go on shove
Follow the light and praise and hope
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It's time the fleas departed the dog's fur
And leave it in peace to smile at dawn
It's time the locusts left the green
And let it bloom year after year
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He walks along cattle in front
Carrying a stick taller than himself
He talks to them as if they are friends
Confides in them
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Howling, raging the heavens speak
To announce the birth of countless drips
And showers that follow strong and swift
From pregnant clouds the rain doth come
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Information is power
Knowledge is the master
Through books they administer
Young, old we must muster
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When I gave birth to you
After bearing so much pain
That pain was forgotten
The moment I set my eyes
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Do hearken birds of bliss
Haste ye and come to me
Leave every nest and tree
Tell all four legged beasts
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With two eyes I view the world

With my ears, my hearing sense
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