Adieu, our guest birds, adieu!
Adieu, till the next year!
Next year when you'll bring the scriptures of your flight
We would be waiting for you on the lake shore
Earth would feel the return of love
With the soft touch of your silk-soft feathers
But verily till the next year
The waters of the lake will have
The uncouth growth of sedge
Winds will carry the thick sediment of
black dust and smog
Sharp saws of new roads
Would have cut down fields, grassy meadows and thick forests
Into bits and scraps
The hunting seasons will intensify their intrigues.
Adieu! Our guest birds, Adieu!
Till you visit us again the next year
We'll celebrate the sorrow of your return.
Naseer, such a lovely and sad poem, a reflection on how human activity is destroying nature and causing confusion to flora and fauna.this poem took me back to times when i visited our best bird sanctuaries two decades back. only yesterday i spotted some migratory birds and was feeling nostalgic. thanks for sharing. mamta
You struck a grateful note with me as I adore birds. Our garden is well equipped for them as I can watch them, feed, fly, swim, mate and sing. You then struck a sad note, when you reminded your readers how the environment can be devastating for a sad return. You write with wonderful imagery and tell a powerful story within the confines of poetry. Karin Anderson
While reading this poem it made me wonder what life of an immigrant birds are. They fly across the ocean, thousands of miles to look for a better place they could find for temporary shelter. In a school of birds they work fly in unison giving some great message to us humans, only if we are aware of.......nice imagery used. beautiful penned out..10
great piece sir....really you hit bulls eye with this one.....the last stanza tells the situation perfectly.... 10 alll the way
The hunting seasons will intensify their intrigues excellent meditative poem 10+++++++++++
this a great work of art sir. your poem starts on a gentle and beautiful note. the gentleness is maintained throughout. however, by and by the contrast of beauty and disaster is prominent...fantastic write!
yeah Naseer nice fare well song for birds who migrate...humans are murderous hunters who tarnish the beauty of this world..lets spread the words of love and bring back the beauty of the past days.....10+++
great poem...the most intelligent creature on earth and humans are destroying the planet
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Memorable lines abound in this beautiful poem. But your last line could really blow a reader away. Eloquent write, Naseer. I like this one very much. Always your friend, Sandra