Can You Feel? Poem by Mohammad Younus

Can you feel?
Why my rabab does not vibrate?
I was a simple rabab of Kashmir --
the place where everything is music!
It is strange—so strange that my foes --
Cut off my strings and they don't regret it!

My wound is so deep, full with pain!
My companions, friends—betrayed me!
It is so strange, and heart wrenching!
They do not even bother to say:
'We are sorry for breaking your rabab',
Night and day I waited,
Eh! no one returns to me my music!
Instead they chide me to provoke, ...
...and scornfully say: :
'It is not strange! It is not so strange!
We did destruct your rabab, and...
We don't regret it at all!
Why did you not even bother to protest?
You are a strange rababist,
Why did you rather embrace the persons....
...who broke the strings of your rabab? '

The city of mystics has become bizzare
Everyone is wary of playing at rabab,
Because Nero only loves to play at his flute...
While enjoying seeing the city burning in flames.

MyKoul