Law Poem by Afzal Shauq

“ The one with the power,
must be the respected”
This was the law.
The way of justice
when humans
were more like animals.

Still today...

This is the law
Yet human kind
considers themselves
civilized...
Creatures of God.
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Poem In Pashto By: Afzal Shauq
Translated in English By: Alley Boling
Book: 'TWIST OF FATES' Poem No.282/Page.356
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