In Exile
As an old exiled migrant worker eking
Out a living in this desert of Kuwait
I hear in the echoes of the muezzin's call
The gongs of Drepung & Sera, the flutter of
Prayer flags and the whir of prayer wheels.
When the doctors diagnose the aches & pains
As the onset of age,I know these to be
But silent screams of longing for a land
Treasured & loved in the childhood corner
Of my heart, now forever snatched from me.
O Tibet,land of my fathers,land of Dharma!
With my childhood eyes I see the Himalayan
Peaks caressing the jet streams whirling
Uncaring across the globe.In the spray of
The Tsang-po I see tears, as it rushes down
The peaks to follow us into exile. I see
This plateau stretched out across the heart
Of Asia & mine too, crying, crying to all
The Budhas and Bodhisatvas.
O Tibet my heart cries out for you.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AXBCD XEXXE X XACXEXBDX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 800 |
Words | 159 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 1, 9 |
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