Sunday, October 14, 2012

PASHTUN & THE HOLY CLERIC

POEM BY: JANANI SAIB
TRANSLATION BY: ANUBIS KHAN.

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 Once there was a holy cleric in a village.
he was known for his good words & good deeds.
hundred of villagers used to listen to him.
people used to migrate across region to hear him.
When he used to talk about issues, people used to be in tears.
everyone did what the cleric said. boys, girls, young & old.
If the dispute were about land or money, it was this cleric who used to solve.
one day he was talking about hell, its fire & its snakes & scorpions.

He said:
"do good deeds & avoid evil orelse you`ll be in worst situations.
if you go on satan`s way you`ll find yourself in hellfire.
If you miss one prayer, you`ll be hit by 70 thousand lashes.
hell have dark deep pits with rivers of molten lava.
Every lash has 70 years of fire upon them & every year of it is equal to 70 earth years.
whatelse should I say about hell, just avoid hell good humans.
Every snake of hell has 70 thousand heads & in every head they have 70 thousand razor sharp teeth.
Every snake has 70 thousand stings & every sting has a sack of lethal poison.
Some of you will fall in the snake teeth & some will be food to the scorpions.
it’s for all those who are on the footsteps of evil.
But GOD also have made beautiful gardens for people with good faith.
he made heavens & beautiful places where the endless sweet fruit serves.
large green forests with relaxing mountains, shadows & hills.
A land with flowing rivers of milk & honey. channels of wine flows across the hills.
Every person with good deeds will have acres of land for themselves where the horses will get tired for running to the other end.
Trees with emeralds & diamonds, gold & silver sparkling the hills.
Every person in heaven will have 70 beautiful fairies who will be beautiful than any other woman they have seen.
Their eyes like gems bright enough to cast light, hair made like a finest silk.
They will serve the good faith people in heaven every time & they will look like a necklace of pearl lying on a green field.
Standing with glass wine in their hand fascinating every moment of the person.
& those who are more loyal to faith & do good deeds while serving lord will have countless graces of heaven upon them".


In the middle of the conversation a Pashtun stood up to ask & tell the holy muslim cleric:

"I`ll sacrifice myself for GOD & his countless blessings, may GOD bless us with eternal life of beauty in heaven, with the flowing lands of wine, milk & honey.
but tell me something, will we have Tribal feuds & vendetta in heaven? will we fight against our enemies or tribes. Will we die while fighting each other"?
Will we receive blood money, woman in disputes"?


The cleric replied: "a fool you are, you on a course of disbelief. When everyone will receive their share in heaven, there is no reason to fight. In heaven there will be
no death, no illness, no poverty, then who will have feud in his mind"?


Pashtun replied: "I don`t want heaven, go & teach people who have no honor & pride. What’s the difference between a man & a sheep if he has no debt of murder upon other.

"for generations we have fought for pride, when grandfathers tells us the stories of our ancestors.
Life is full when your heart is full of anger. When a person have hundred bullets & a loaded gun.
What a pity life that will be when there will be no life, no honor, no enemy, when there will be no blood on your hands.
This life is meaning less when there is no difference between pure or impure blood, or when there is no sword that has blood on it.
When there is no talk of powerful & honorable. When we don’t find it out which one is the strongest. Khilji or durrani.
This heaven is not for a real man, its not for a pashtun... it is for those who live on other people aid.
This heaven is either for a holy cleric or for a sufi saint or its for those who have no honor in their life.
GOD made Pashtun to fight with their enemies or their brothers.
Some people are born impure then how can they be equal to a man with honor in heaven?
Pashtun is not made for a heaven where there is no bloody feuds or where the blood of enemies wont drop."

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