O sleeping souls…
Wake up…
Wake up…
See the break of dawn…
...
When it kills indiscriminately,
Fighters and civilians,
Adults and children.
How foolish be their claim?
...
It’s so peaceful for this restless heart,
In the day I work and in the cover of night I submit,
My silent whispers,
My silent whispers,
...
Close your eyes, see you darkness,
Open your heart, see you an ocean…
Taste this body of water,
It’s salty to mine,
...
Sunrise to sunset,
Days in and days out,
Under unforgiving burning sun,
Poor families… men, women and even young children…
...
In a village factory,
Women old and young…
Roasting cashew nuts in black rusty barrels,
Faces and sarees darkened in soot,
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Fly my little sparrow fly,
Fly freely as your heart wishes,
See you the garden paradise,
and watch the warm morning sun rise.
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The nights again are for me alone,
To serenade, my heart’s melody..
And the sandal tree in front of my door, my company..
My nightingale has gone to sleep,
...
Like a drift wood...
Many years of life travel...
In turbulent dark oceans and calm torquoise sea...
Strangely so, I discovered a part of me...
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When our hearts no more feel,
It is numbed…
When our eyes no more see,
It is blinded…
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