You , the light of lights, imperiled the world
You discredited the human
You discredited the human
You trade in faith and religion
All the doors to the world’s treasures opened up for you
You do not share but accumulate this world’s wealth
We are all one, one flesh, nothing but One
Who put the discord of the Two in your heart?
Are you a leader of religion and faith?
You care for neither religion nor faith
But the whole humanity mourns your fall
Should we take into our heart a religion which divides the human?
A religion which turns the unity of the world into a chaos and wilderness
You name mischief in the world ’religion,’ ‘nation’
What you call enlightenment is mere intoxication
There is a restlessness in the heart, there is a veil over our dreams
All this is an illusion. When will you wake up?
The heartbroken, the dejected, my friends and well-wishers
How you destroy human hearts in the name of the human?
You sprinkle the leaves and desert the roots
You are destroying your own house in the name of the human
About the poet :
Abdul Ahad Azad (1903-1948) was one of the well-known Kashmiri poet of his era. He was one of the pioneers of the modernist movement. Azad is often referred to as John Keats of Kashmir. Both Keats and Azad wrote modernist poems and both died in early-forties.He belonged to the famous Dar tribe of Kashmir. His father name was Sultan Dar.”Kuleat e Azad” and “Haraam e Saba” are the famous books of Azad.
