<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=464439" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Dear People</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">How long my dear people, <br>How long we shall sprinkle essence of rose, <br>And smoulder fragrant contents.<br>How long we shall burn grates of hatred, <br>And how long we shall pour down <br>The rain of blood, <br>How long we shall light up lamp on the graves, <br>How long we shall strew flowers<br>On the graves of friends, <br>How long we shall make graves of our kids, <br>And how long we shall bury our bodies alive.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now my dear people, my own people, <br>We shall not contrive ditches, <br>In the upcoming days; <br>We shall not extinguish our existence, <br>And our faces radiant like candles, <br>We shall not erase glowing names carved<br>On entrance of the heart, <br>We shall not en-kindle such lamps<br>As they may turn our houses into ashes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now my dear people, my own people, <br>Facilitate life confined in the walls of our own; <br>Mark difference, <br>Who is our own and who is an outlandish, <br>Why should we chase delusions, <br>Why should we tire our own souls, <br>This earth is the mother of us all, <br>We should be proud of it, <br>Why should we harm ourselves, <br>While fighting for the interests of others, <br>Why should we perforate our own eyes, <br>With the arrows of our own, <br>And why should we desolate our own existence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If the strength of our own arms is true, <br>We should be proud of it, <br>We have to divert the track of waters, <br>And change dormant origins into gurgling fountains, <br>We have to make desolate, the house of plotters, <br>We have to search for the perpetual enemy, <br>We have to bless the descending generations, <br>And we have to bless ourselves too. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Written By Qayyum Tahir <br>Translated By Muhammad Shanazar</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Muhammad+Shanazar">Muhammad Shanazar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=464439" data-title="My Dear People de Muhammad Shanazar" data-description="How long my dear people, How long we shall sprinkle essence of rose, And smoulder fragrant contents. How long we shall burn grates of hatred, And how long we shall pour down The rain of blood, How long we shall light up lamp on the graves, H..."></div> </div> </div>

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