Nazim Hikmet

By:  Maqsood  Jafri

I am charmed and lured by the soft petal like damsels

Of my beloved land known as the heaven of fairies.

Turkey is the land of sweet hearts and rich minds.

Nazim Hikmat took me to heights with soaring thoughts.

Broke he the chains of slavery and stood before torrents.

A poem wrote he on" Hiroshima Child", a slap on the face

of world imperialists who killed people alive in flames.

A child of seven years became the victim of an atom bomb.

His soul visited the door of every house and knocked at

The doors of all peace lovers begging only peace for all.

The body of the poet was imprisoned for years by fascists.

His mind remained free from the shackles of the predators.

Freedom was the cherished goal of the sane- seer who

Lit the candle of freedom by his blood in the dark dungeon.

Such innovators are philosophers and poets of humanity.

You can not reckon the length and depth of their sanity.

They are the everlasting benefactors who with benignity

Show us the Straight Path of reality and true spirituality.