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They snatched away my river from me

and

changed its name.

the lamps don’t flow in the water now.



They snatched away the shade of the chinar tree

and changed its sex

she was my mother.

the seedlings of my dreams

smiled

from her pores.



One day

in stealth they changed the names

of my numberless villages

it was as it I had been transportated

to some Arab country



They snatched away my language

and

peeled off the script.

in the cold of the centuries

my voice

became snow.



They snatched away my face

and

for fear of being detected

and

for fear of being detected



I changed my shape

I roamed

in an illusion fearlessly.


Slowly

they snatched away from me

my smile

my snow

my hills

my trees

my seasons

my festivals

and

then

my motherland

(translated by Arvind Gigoo)
*Dr. Agnishekhar is Chairman, Panun Kashmir.
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The wails of the soul of a migrant who has lost his home land are piognant.The pathos is deep and nippy.Can we do something?
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