by Aiman Khan
Breathless, yet managed to utter “Mauji” for one last time, for I was her home, & her lap was all I held dear
Envwarpped I used to be in my mother’s warmth & love
Today, my friends surrounding me are weeping out, “Nayeen, say “Laaa Ilaaha Illa-llaahu Muhammadur-Rasoolu-llaah” & let your tongue get drenched in the sweetness of benevolence of Allah”
Disguised I’m in my own tears & blood, while slaughtered like a beast, though like dove I intended to bring only peace
An accursed thing as stone, turned out to be the reason my mother would moan
But, in my homeland, how could’ve I let injustice bloom?
Dreams, Oh, those lofty dreams to join J&K Team, to be the Man Of The Match
Now, paralyzed to scream, “Boy! Catch”
Afsoos! I wished to admire the blessings scattered around the world; day has come that graveyard is going to be the abode of my unbloomed youth
Skin pierced, tattooed in wounds, yet I feel pain consuming my whole, though I’’ll remain one story untold, will leave taintless in my undefiled shroud
As I’m breathing my last, there are some things I ask of You, My Lord
Ya Allah! Hold my parents in your care, they surely aren’t worth of moment’s despair
As I’m buried, bury their ache
Ya Parwardigar-e- Alam, tell them you”ll shield me, tell them its Your Mercy that I”ll be safe.