The Poem: Kashmir

A valley that was known as paradise- full of saints, and people were free

Is lost in the mist, now we got blood filled sea.When last did i cry

( Nadeem Khan )

Let the silent world know who are we. We are brave and our heart is free.

Like the mountain and the tide of sea: When last did I cry?

( Bhat Sajad )

I fear for the mothers and the babies, the pain and the guilt,

The homes swelled up with shame and plea, when did I last cry.

( Abishake Koul )

Born in the listless years of the half-widow's wait, we have watched our mother's aching eyes run dry:

While the earth revolved in stony silence - so we turned its stones to language: Kill me or free me! When last did I cry?

( Zainab Tayyaba )

Let peace once more reign supreme

and grant each person's cherished dream. Where to dream is free: when last did I cry.

( Marie Shine )

My lakes bloodied and valleys withered, and eyes so dry.

Long have I waited for my disappeared ones, now nowhere to see, when last did I cry.

( Muzaffar Hussain )

Dwellers of vale, holding their collective breath , many wondering, as they have in the past

deeply traumatized, fearful of their own recent past, not defeated certainly, when last did I cry.

( Insha Kanue )

Let me watch you strip piece by piece as I flee from every stick you throw,

I will let you surrender for my scars on my soul for what is coming is conformity. When last did I cry?

( Sugra Shaheen )

Beautiful were their eyes not the world;for those who lost thier precious sight.

Can the oppressor return world to them, their mother's mournful eyes for them to see: when last did I cry.

( Nishat Shaikh Qadriyyah )

My body shivers because of a thought. Dear God, tell me if he is alive or not,

Since my lover hasn't come home, At banks of Jhelum, lonely heart and soul roam, roam so lonely: when last did I cry.

( Aditi Sharma )