Ami
pana so'dras nAvi ches lamAn,
Kati bozi Day myon
meyti diyi tAr
Ameyn tAkeyn poniy zan shemAn,
Zuv chum bramAn gara
gatshaha.
With
a rope of loose-spun thread am I towing my boat
upon the sea.
Would
that God heard my prayer and brought me safe
across!
Like
water in cups of unbaked clay I run to waste.
Would
God I were to reach my home!
-
Lal Ded
Dedication
| This
book is dedicated to all those members of
our community who pride themselves for their
glorious heritage and seek to reclaim their
self-esteem, their identity and their roots
in the Valley of Kashmir. |
HOMELAND
- We
live to share your grief
- and
die to suffer your agony
- as
they ravage you and defile
- and
drive us into exile.
- In
wilderness we wander
- without
our souls that we left with you;
- nothing
do our ears hear
- but
your heart-rending groans;
- and
all that our eyes see
- are
wounds that bleed thee.
- Our
memories have fled,
- what
lingers in your ignominy;
- now
our feet seek the paths
- that
lead us back to thee,
- as
we take in hand the mighty pen
- to
fight the terrorists gun.
- Our
speech ends in one refrain
- --
HOMELAND;
- dearer
to us than all the heavens,
- we
pledge to reclaim thee,
- as
the spirit craves, our land of birth,
- and
the lips thirst to kiss your earth;
- Our
sacred land,
Our
Homeland.
|
Panun
Kashmir: A Homeland for Kashmiri Pandits.
See
you all in "Panun
Kashmir"
| 
