The echoes call, the voices plead,
Let justice halt this ruthless deed.
For if the Indus breathes no more,
Then Sindh’s heart will beat no more.
Nasir Aijaz, a writer and journalist from Sindh, Pakistan, shares his poem
Nasir Aijaz is a Karachi-based Gold Medalist senior journalist, researcher, poet, multi-lingual writer, and author of ten books, including the award-winning book ‘Hur – The Freedom Fighter’, and around 1000 articles on history, literature, culture, languages, human rights and other topics. Dozens of his articles have been published in South Korea, Nigeria, Egypt, India and Singapore. Many of his articles have been translated into Arabic and Korean language. His English poetry as well as its translation in over a dozen languages, including Chinese, Greek, Albanian, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Arabic and other languages, has been published in various countries. He is also the representative of South Korea-based The AsiaN, in Pakistan
Let the Indus breathe
In *Sindh’s fields, once lush green, wide
Now sorrow flows and waters dried.
The *Indus weeps, its course restrained,
By hands of greed, its path profaned.
Illegal *canals cut deep and long,
Stealing currents, swift and strong.
The farmers watch their crops drying,
Their lands now cracked, once rich and fine.
The fish lie still in dying streams,
Their silver color lost in fading dreams.
The birds that soared in skies so free,
Now search in vain for a withered tree.
The soil turns pale, the crops decay,
As thirsty roots cannot stretch far away.
A river robbed, a land betrayed,
By reckless hands, its lifeblood swayed.
The echoes call, the voices plead,
Let justice halt this ruthless deed.
For if the Indus breathes no more,
Then Sindh’s heart will beat no more.
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*Sindh, a province of Pakistan, and lower riparian of Indus River system.
*Indus, the 3,180 km long river that emanates from Himalaya and meets Arabia Sea in Southern Sindh province of Pakistan.
*Canals – Pakistan government is currently constructing new canals in Punjab province despite strong protest of Sindh.
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