Literature/Poetry
Echoes of Prayer from the Sandbanks of Thar Desert
Bharumal Amrani, a poet and writer based in Thar Desert of Sindh shares his poem ‘A Prayer’

I am planting trees of dreams
In the wilderness of views,
Make them lush green in reality,
So that the worry worn wayfarers
Could have a sound sojourn,
Under their sheltering shadow!
A Prayer!
Oh, my Lord!
Make me such a sea wave
That billows boisterously
Daily to touch the moon.
Oh, my Lord!
Grant my life’s every moment
A full moonlit night like bloom.
Oh, my Lord!
I am planting trees of dreams
In the wilderness of views,
Make them lush green in reality,
So that the worry worn wayfarers
Could have a sound sojourn,
Under their sheltering shadow!
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Translated from Sindhi language by Jam Jamali



