ISHQ-E-VAFA
ISHQ-E-VAFA KE BADLE, HUMKO KYA MILA?
ISHQ-E-ZAFA KE BADLE, TUMKO KYA MILA?
HUM NAHIN TERE SAR-E-TAJ KE GHAFIL,
TERI RUSDO-AGAHI MEIN HUMKO SALIKA MILA.
ISHQ-E-RUSWA KE BADLE, HUMEIN ZAKHM MILA,
ISHQ-E-FANA KE BADLE, TUMHEIN BAKA MILA.
HUM NAHIN HAIN TERE SHOKH-E-ISHQ KE BANDE,
TERE RAH-E-SHOKH MEIN HUMEIN PATTHAR MILA.
SHARM-O-HAYA KE BADLE, HUMEIN ZILLAT MILA,
SHOKH-E-BEZAR KE BADLE, TUMHEIN ETIMAAD MILA.
HUM NAHIN TERE UMEED-E-FAZA KE KHILONE,
TERE FIRAAQ-E-ISHQ MEIN HUMEIN RAFTAAB MILA.
DIL-E-RUBABIYAT KE BADLE, HUMEIN RANJ MILA,
DIL-E-SHOR KE BADLE, TUMHEIN SUKOON MILA.
“RAHEMAN” SADA HAI RAFTAAB-E-HAQEEQAT PE,
TERE RAFTAAB-E-BATIL MEIN HUMEIN HAQ MILA.
RAAH-E-GULSHAN KE BADLE, HUMEIN ZEHAR MILA,
ZAKHM-O-ZAFA KE BADLE, TUMHEIN HAYA MILA.
RAHEMAN AB NAHIN RAHA MUHAJIR BANKAR,
TERE ISHQ-E-FIRAAQ MEIN HUMEIN AAINA MILA.
Mein bay sharm aur bay gairat sahi,
Magar teri tarah gunda badmash nahi.
Earth’s future is at stake
So meet at Sharm-el-Sheikh,
Where details we debate
About warming climate.
Vague promises some make
On action they may take
Some time at later date
To control climate fate.
Past agreements some break
And their figures seem fake.
So much for world debate.
Do nowt till later date.
Icebergs are melting
Sea level is rising fast--
Bleak the land's future!*
© Demetrios Trifiatis
08 November 2022
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*Science has established, beyond doubt, that the window for climate action is closing rapidly. Thus from the 6th of November 2022, world leaders are meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for two weeks of climate negotiations to cut carbon emissions so that our planet is saved. This Haiku is my tiny contribution.
Earth's agony mounts,
Humans augment their demands--
Life its last breaths count!*
© Demetrios Trifiatis
08 November 2022
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*Science has established, beyond doubt, that the window for climate action is closing rapidly. Thus from the 6th of November 2022, world leaders are meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for two weeks of climate negotiations to cut carbon emissions so that our planet is saved. This Haiku is my tiny contribution.
Practical mode - is to pass theory and note
That we are on the way
Where the driver can drink hot,
Musician - live without music,
But we can listen our radio
And music -
Let choose it,
Driving our car!
And if you are not far
From Berlin -
You can hear country
Disco song of Grethen Eveline,
If you are moving near Rotterdam -
Listen how Paul is singing with big sharm,
If you stop and try something good to eat -
Only near Vatican Domingo
You can meet!
He - Placido, singer, imagine:
Is drinking at this moment non-alcoghol kvas -
Kind of russsian beer from Odessa street of Deribas,
He was the first businessman in Odessa
And was married on the grandgrandmother
Of Patricia Kaas -
Famous singer and princessa!
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