Lekhny composition -13-Jan-2022

FESTIVITY.

Here comes festival again, anticipated for an entire year,

The long-lasting desires are unleashing for obtaining new clothes,

Made a long list of things to buy to look gorgeous,

Bidden friends and relatives long back to have a good time.

Worshipped passionately for the entire month with devotion,

Spent nights bowing and requesting for liberation,

Spent days ravenous and thirsty to gratify the Almighty in heaven,

And then came this most presumed day in full punch.

But then, when I saw the prevailing situation,

All the Eid scheduling evaporated,

What clothes will I purchase when I see people enveloped in a shroud?

What will I relish when people are mourning over the dear ones?

Now more than bliss, desolation resides in the heart,

Acquaintance to self and distance from friends is sustained,

Fake smiles shine on lips, and the heart sinks in agony and distress,

It is as if every house has at least one corpse lying.

Even kids now no longer ask for gifts,

They see around pessimism feast and sit hushed,

Screeching and deplore has become the melody of every home,

Please, God, have compassion and bring life back to regular.

The day when the domain will be free from corona,

It will be the day to revel and enjoy every arena,

That day will dance and laugh like we have won some solemn battle,

And once again, have a grand feast with new clothes and trinkets.

NOOR TABASSUM.