REQUIEM TO DARA SHIKOH

Oh Dara!

If memorie remain a lustrous sea shell

washed upon the shore of times inner eye
then pressed to ear discover
not one ocean but two

singing together a melancholy refrain

of wave on wave of sorrow

Oh Dara! Oh Dara!

All prayers are but a veil upon death’s dark door.
But how mourn the loss of a living bridge
between two oceans of faith and wisdom  

Oh you noble gentle invader
You were
You are
A broken bridge

between us and a golden dream

Oh unkempt forces of dark resentments

Oh crimson line on golden throat

Oh unkept tryst with unmet aspiration

  
A golden bird sings your requiem

No more poems for you Oh Dara
The heart can cup but so much sorrow  

Oh Dara! Oh Dara!

Amit Dahiya Badshah