TWIST OF FATES
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POEM 214TEETH IN THE HEART I take care of youbeing a lovertolerating your sweetbut cruel actions But when you smileI feel brutal teethhave grown in your heartready to gnaw me. _____POEM 215LIKE WOLVES Amazing...is it not?Human beings reaching the moon and beyond... Strange...people of dignityprosperitysword and faithNow again
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POEM 224LOVE AND BLOOD "The one who laughs at youis your well wisherbut the one who cries for your damn conditionis your enemy." This your twistedcriteria of justiceOh my dear brother...!By love and blood boundHow can I prove being so caught upcrying for your terrible lifemakes it impossiblefor you to hear the cries of Pashto. _____POEM 225UNSPOKEN TRUTH
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POEM 234HAIKOS The cause will fulfillPashtoons humanehomeland finding peace. __ I know you too wellyou cant express but keep me in thought. __ Like the flesh and knifebenefit someinnocent Pashtoons . __ Scarcely in this lifehappy feelings keep staying in huts. __ I offer my heartwish you to
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POEM 244NEAR COMPLETION I feel I am in love... But with whom..? Who is she really...? Queen of my dreamsFrom the island thoughtsHer face a puzzle...near completion._____ POEM 245A STRANGE PEACE All these men ...Claimed Answers for the world's ills A way to peaceEach different in behaviorSaint FrancesMussolini
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POEM 254BLIND JUSTICE(The one who grievances first is right) Even though...They presented to courtthe blood stained KnifeThe tool of slayingLeaving the man a corpse. With all the evidenceThere is no conviction Justice for the dead denied Shouts arise pleading...Yet the judge remains deaf._____ POEM 255BRUTAL NEW AGE The tree... with shadow coolSeems gr
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POEM 264LIKE ANIMALS Living in the city ....Where hearts are hiddenPeople live in fear Danger on every corner So many are there not truly human ...always threateninglike animals To the jungleThey should goto live with their kindremoved from the city. _____ PASHTOON AND ARAB GIRLS Pashtoon girlsLike the snowmelt under the sun
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POEM 274IDOL PREACHERS People of the pastshouting one God ...Preachers Proud to be called …The followers of holly faith But now a daysThe followers of same faith,Seem standing before these small and money-oriented godsAnd never tiring. But above allin submission to these idols,they don’t like to be named atheists… as they are. _____POEM 275
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POEM 284EXAMINATIONS As I tryto study herwith my eyes... She examines me...as if I'm not humanbut something else. Perhaps she is searchingwithin herself ...And suddenly she smiled._____ POEM 285AN ANSWER Is she truly beautiful..?Yea...This is the only question.that has haunted my life.Long have I pondered...So much breath h
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POEM 294REVOLUTION OF DARKNESS At last...as the sun disappearedbehind the mountains,The ghostswith fast windsand horrible noisebrought the darknessto our village. The candlesof each houseblew out ...lightening streaked the skyNo one left their homeNor closed their eyes in sleep. The whole nightwas a celebration.The ghosts were joyous... The revolution of darkness
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POEM 305OWN SETTLEMENT I like the bird made tiredmy wings from flying. With the season's changeLike the white cranereturningafter winteringfar from homeWish to return... But to what homeland ...?Lost are the waysknown to me...and returning ...could lead hell. _____POEM 306HER CRITERIA My hand with loveI have offeredwil
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POEM 315OPENING HEART Someone opens their heartto another their love hidden ...Like the flowerwhich color staysunknown in its bud...And beautiful color revealedwhen opened. _____ POEM 316ME AND THE UNIVERSE I wishto examineeverythingbut ...I am a mere particlein this vast universe.It would take millionslike me to begin the task.
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POEM 325QUESTION MARK Here ... The wholebelongs not to each otherAll are prisonersWhy...?This is the question ... the answer .... still seems a question mark. _____ POEM 326MEANINGFUL DREAM I have yetto completed the story .... She looked at meeyes fixed on mine..Her tongue caressed her lips....Sweet her smileIn her shynessShe hid beh
NOTE OF THANKS
As a Pashto poet, it has been my dream to address the world with my words. Wit the assistance of an American, Alley Boling. Once merely a dream has now became a reality. Through her encouragement, inspiration, and diligent commitment to translating my work, it is now available to the English speaking world in the book TWIST OF FATES. After reviewing her translations, I was surp
ABOUT THE TRANSLATION POET AND COVER ARTIST
Alley lives a quite existence in the North Georgia mountains of the United States wit her dog. She spends a great deal of time dealing with health issues. She has a liberal arts education. She is graduate of Manchester College with a Bachelor of Science degree. Her main fields of study were political science, communication, religion, and philosophy. The arts have always been her passion. She began reading at a very early age and often joked th
