Dumb Valley Poem by Mohammad Younus

I know, I am all alone!
How much it hurts my heart!
With no faith and no law on my side!
No melodies! Only maladies!
Only I! Only I!
And none of this can I say!
I feel! I cannot say!
Dumb Valley!
Nobody can say what he sees!
From morning hour I see:
People living in fear and terror;
Others also must be seeing;
They pretend as if they do not see;
Poor men and woman are barred...
From bringing water from the common spring;
From the same source poor do not take water;
In their hearts they can not awaken peace and love;
All I love! And I love alone!
Life is most stormy!
The dawn is covered by mist and fog!
Light does not reach down to say goodbye to the night;
In every nook and corner there is going on a fierce battle...
...between the forces of good and evil;
Good is under a series of onslaughts from the monsters!
I fail to see the mystery which binds me to my ship still;
The tarpadoes are raining from every direction;
Many a ship is sinking; I see! I am Helpless! I am all alone!

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