A "One-Day Utopia" Poem by Naseer Ahmed Nasir

Here, the day breaks
and the night ends…
A field of golden sunlight
lies ahead
and beyond that
an ocean full of rays
All that glitters, is here;
trails, like the streaks of light
the velvety green of the parks
that was gifted to the Earth
by some distant shiny star
Milky clouds are
like a looking glass
in which, the images of unseen wafts
twinkle with a strange vivacity
Even if it rains here, it is like
as if the pearls full of light
are descending from above
as if the flowers, fruits, leaves
the trunk of trees and their branches
all have bathed in the crystal clear water
The boisterous streams descending from
the green hills
look like the falls full of glare
All the birds here
happen to be the cranes
even the ravens
are masquerading like them
(How insane! They haven't grasped
the reality of this place yet)
The moment, the dark shroud of the bodies
lands here, it gets transformed
into a white cloak
The eyes impulsively start seeing
the awe hidden in the dreams
and the naked glare of the truth
Here, there is no perception of divinities
Here, dwell the human beings…! ! !

(English translation by Kamran Awan)