Showkat Ahmad Wani Poems

One day, upon his throne of lofty height,
The falcon, lord of birds, decreed a test:
"Whoe'er shall bring the whitest bird to me
Shall earn the crown of wisdom in my court."
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Kashmir, O Vanished Crown
Kashmir! No more art thou the earth's fair crown,
But sink'st to depths where blindest shadows dwell.
Thy rivers, once the veins of paradise,
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We lost our sense as glaciers melt away,
Condemned beneath the curse of warming fire.
Each droplet fell into the chasm's maw,
While hunters strode through night to claim our souls.
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Today I tremble, stepping through the door;
What lesson shall I teach? What word make plain?
Will these repay with scorn my kindness past,
Or turn to gall the sweetness taught today?
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The statues crumble, melting limb by limb,
As dawn's first stroke ignites the face of hope,
By idle trust were chiseled clear and bright;
Thy sense, thy words, thy map—all melt away,
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I am no teacher, for I do not teach,
But an instructor, set to teach what's wrought,
Without the blessing of my inmost bird,
These woven words on pages void of wings,
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I ask the every puff, and dancing leaf
And flower each, and glossily drop of dew
And hustling nightingale that takes relief
At song of joy is singing high with crew
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A piece of iron that be with damp and air
And rests in friendly showy play of peace,
The serenity falls in treason, waits for trust.
But goes abyss in vain when slowly melts
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Some darken locks that cloud the sun of sun,
And make the forest deep for flying birds,
Are caught in never ending net till rest;
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Now after million years I free the thread
Of rust on writing-file to heave the taste
Of inner cosmic ocean-pearls of pen;
A worm hath slumbered after having gruel
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