Kashmir

The place that was never seen,
Everywhere it was blue and green,
If you'll look long away for miles,
You can see the water on which the sun shines,
One can hear the sweet folk songs,
At the attractive time of dawn.

Mountains covered with snow and grass,
Rivers full of Lotus flowers,
The houseboats on the sea, what a beautiful scene,
It seems as if you are living a dream,
It is the real heaven on earth,
The place where i have taken birth.

But now this heaven looks like a hell,
Where sorrows have come and happiness fell,
Now the sky is black and seas are red,
By the blood of innocent men who are dead,
Now the shouts have come and cries have appeared,
And i don't know where have the smiles disappeared.


(Wrote it when i was 14 years old)