Dyed Deer Poem by Naveed Akram

Dyed by the violence of hate
A quick swill of wine concerns my offspring,
Reject the totality of infinite space!
Not in the suddenness combats the face,
Its limbs badger the hasty life
From the evil shadows of the world.
Harass the enemy as you wish,
Keep them in cocoons of oldness and delight,
The very sudden pledge is frowned upon.

My tree of old health defends diseases of ours
That despise my offspring.
The wine of living commands my love
Like the liquors of old nature and healing.
May the hearts of deer revel according to the tongue
For the heaven in it.