Dina Nath Nadim

1916 – 1988 / Srinagar, Kashmir / India

The Crows Shouted

The crows shouted
for
they knew not how to spend the leisure;
the nightingales adorned their nests,
the hay became stacks.
The nightingales hatched,
their breaths were visible.
One flight --
and the world knew the newborn.
Suddenly all shouting stopped.
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