By Muhammad Haque Editor AADHIKARonline 0220 Hrs GMT London Friday 16 December 2007
" 0200 Hrs GMT London Friday 16 November 2007
My heart weeps for you all All those baby cats Kittens Squirrels Tiger pups And millions of other babies ones That are now either in utter fear or gone for ever!
My heart Like your lives Is at a very low point Right now On hearing the news Just a few minutes ago That Mother Nature Has hit you again!
The land that houses The Beautiful Forest Shoondor Baan! With so many beautiful lives Is very near the Latest earthly catastrophe!
I am weeping inside As I am writing this In a space in London East One
May God help you All my dearest hearts I pray for you
I pray with extra devotion Because I know most humans Will be far too busy Worrying about other humans Barely able to think that you Too are hurting
And how deep are your hurts! Only God can see your suffering And to God I turn
Oh Almighty Allah Kindly help these creatures They are all innocent And they are unable to Influence the environment That is now undergoing such terrible anguish And pain of its own'
Oh Almighty God You brought into being all lives Kindly give those endangered lives The protection and the healing they need
You can do this in a split moment
Kindly show your unlimited mercy And kindness by sparing all the Babies ones and their families The wrath of nature
Oh God! You created these angels in your infinite majesty You made us humans too We are not able to look after our own kind So unnerved and unable have we become Under the threat and the weight and the assault Of the wrathful sea!
Kindly help me communicate to these amazing angels:
Be my guide, Oh God when I try to communicate to these angels And seek your backing In conveying to these creatures Some comfort That they very badly need:
Oh my little ones! How many of you are suffering? How many of your relatives and Family have been lost forever? How many of you are in mourning? How can I even begin to imagine!
I can't!
But I can pray for you all Just as I have been praying for the Angels that were separated from me All those years ago'
One moment we all Mostly take our own selves And our environment for granted So much so that it never occurs to them That we may not be That it may all disappear In a moment'.
One moment we are with friends That we tease That we torment And hurt The next moment we do not even know their names!
Like the poet said: 'Khelaar shathira Kotha aaz tahra Bhoolia giachi naam!'
[This is a translation by Muhammad Haque from Sufia Kamal]
