The Poem: Kashmir

I find no sleep until my dreams turn slumberous.

Live to dream or dream to live, what alibi for Azaadi: When last did I cry.

( Amir Bhat )

Do you remember the snow blessed December?

The icicles hanging from roof, the fire in Kangri? When last did I cry ?

( Sameer Mir )

Waiting feels so much like rain; sometimes it brings you hope,sometimes unending pain.

How far is heaven my friend, When arrives the help heavenly? When last did I cry.

( Ayat )

Hole in the heart,sadness,imprecise feelings; my heart carries a sea.

Whenever one of them says the last goodbye, my soul cries bitterly: When last did I cry?

( Nishat Shaikh Qadriyyah )

We only condemn the oppresion, the tyranny.

Yet we should be tried , and you hold us guilty: When last did I cry.

( Samit Jeelani Dedmari )

As a phoenix rises from ashes , the blossom of Cashmere will flower again,

Hope and toil are needed , rooting the weeds out. Even if its to cry again, we will cry in unity: When last did I cry.

( Zooni )

He Created the stone. He created the Sling.

He enslaved me. He Will, if He wills to set me free.When last did I cry

( Omar Rafique )

'AZAADI',etched on each wall, the wynd and barricades of kashmir. Little guileless boys holler like thunder.

Withering like a leaf of chinar, mothers sing last berceuse for sons. Yet they ask me,When last did I cry?

( Ambar )

Why does she hold that picture? Perchance to remember the face. The one who was picked up at night,

the one without a trace. She rocks an empty cradle, adjusts the shawl from sides, tears form paisley: When last did I cry.

( Ayat )

The scarlet apple wails to the sky, “Will I fall or will they pluck me, who will see,who will see?“

The crushed saffron sings back a lullaby,“The air will smell of freedom, my friend:you will see,you will see.”When last did I cry?

( Taani Tanvir )