<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=464984" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Village Far Far Away</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far, far away is my village! <br>Where fireflies of my childhood<br>Still glow in thick folliage<br>Of Pipal trees.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My lisping words<br>As they fell from my lips<br>Are still alive<br>On old, bent, dying stairs<br>Of the long-deserted house! <br>Like rapiers thrust into silence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far, far away is my village! <br>Where darkness<br>Spreads its wing before it is evening<br>Tick-tocking sound of the flour mill<br>Long flights of birds<br>Going far, far away<br>Tinkling bells<br>All become a single tune<br>To drown into the dark lake<br>Of night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far, far away is my village! <br>Where I saw <br>Dreams of happy days to come<br>While learning my lessons<br>In the dim light<br>Of hurricane lamp.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far, far away is my village! <br>Where reflections of my first love<br>Still linger<br>Where paths are shrouded<br>In sadness<br>And loneliness laced with secret longings<br>Peoples fields, ponds, the school<br>And trees herded together.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far, far away is my village! <br>Where wind still finds<br>Its way in moonlit nights<br>Through silent streets<br>And sleepy courtyards<br>Calls for me in silence<br>And turns back, not finding me.<br>Wind has the same old habit<br>The same old routine<br>But life has trampled me<br>Under direction-less feet<br>Of crowds in cities.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Translated by Dr. Satyapal Anand)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Naseer+Ahmed+Nasir">Naseer Ahmed Nasir</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=464984" data-title="A Village Far Far Away de Naseer Ahmed Nasir" data-description="Far, far away is my village! Where fireflies of my childhood Still glow in thick folliage Of Pipal trees. My lisping words As they fell from my lips Are still alive On old, bent, dying stairs Of the long-deserted house! Like rapiers thrust into..."></div> </div> </div>

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