Sweet Jhelum Run Softly till we End our Song: Dr. Ahsan Ul Haq
Sweet Jhelum Run Softly till we End our Song
Dr. Ahsan Ul Haq
Thy crystal clear water
Our pleasure wealth and pride
How rich Thy bounties, O King of Kings
The wonder of Jhelum transparent
Thou Art beautiful
Ah! Jhelum why you stopped all that merry?
That once used to be, no more now
Now bleeding Jhelum, blood flows/
Some choiced deaths, or suicide cases
Every morning, every noon, every evening
The water turned into red and flows
Nonstop
And endless wait
Were aquatic creature are
Spoiled, destroyed and laid asleep
Where sun used to dawn and dusk with merry
Now blood is seen with its sunset and sunrise
For God’s sake hold this up
Ah Jhelum
You lost that merry, you lost that flavor
You turned red and made us weep
By the waters of Jhelum, we sat down…
And wept…
Sweet Jhelum, run softly till we end our song.
(Dr. Ahsan Ul Haq severs an Assistant Professor, English in the Department of Higher Education J & K and presently posted at Govt. Degree College Dangiwacha.)
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