They Stop The Water Flowing To Me Poem by Mohammad Younus

They stop the water flowing to me,
Should I live without water?
They raise the fort walls too high,
Should I live waiting outside?
They blow out all the lamps,
Should I live without lights?
They lock up me in the cage,
Should I live with wings folded?
They ban me from shedding tears,
Should I live with eating tears?
They sunder my heart into pieces,
Should I live without darning my heart?
They have cut off my hope of life,
Should I live as a dead person?
They inflict injury upon injuries on me,
Should I live with pain of injuries?
They grinde me under the mills of tyranny,
Should I live with tyranny head-down,
They burn up my green forest,
Should I live in the burnt forest without...
...growing it back again?
They teach the people lessons of hatred,
Should I live with the religion of hatred?
They change my ethos and culture,
Should I accept and follow the alien culture?
They pollute our pristine and pure environment,
Should I live and bear with bad odour pollution?
They divide the people into quarrelling factions,
Should I ask God for unity when I too am quarrelling?
Tell me please, how should I trust them...
...who ruined peace and denied freedom?
They tell me to close my eyes and not be a rebel,
You are just a poet, politics is no way your business! ! !

Mykoul

(Translation of my Kashmiri poem)