A POEM OF KURDISH POET SHERKO BEKAS

                                             

EVENING TIME  AT PATNITOP, JAMMU.. THE OCEAN  AND THE FOREST TOO COMMUNICATE . 

The philosophy of  love and beauty in the poetry of Sherko Bekas , the exiled Kurdish poet has such a wide horizon that the language barriers start to crumble as soon as he tries to find an outlet for the stream of his thoughts and allows it to flow. Poem ‘Survival; from the  poet goes as under :-

(Survival )

I went to the ocean

and it told me:

"If it were up to the fishing-rod and the net,

not only the fish of my blue soul

but even I

would have perished a long time ago."

I went into the forest

and it told me:

"If it were up to the axe's fantasy,

not even a single twig

would blossom

here in my body."

oh, my friends,

ocean and forest,

as long as the fish swim in your blue soul

and the green branches continue to grow,

the fish of the eyes

and the forest of my people will also survive.

( Avtar Mota  )

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