I will never return - Damn beautiful!

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GuestPoster3698Guest07 December 2010 08:07:01

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I will never return (by Meena, founder of RAWA)

Im the woman who has awoken
Ive arisen and become a tempest through the ashes of my burnt children
Ive arisen from the rivulets of my brothers blood
My nations wrath has empowered me
My ruined and burnt villages fill me with hatred against the enemy,
Im the woman who has awoken,
Ive found my path and will never return.
Ive opened closed doors of ignorance
Ive said farewell to all golden bracelets
Oh compatriot, Im not what I was
Im the woman who has awoken
Ive found my path and will never return.
Ive seen barefoot, wandering and homeless children
Ive seen henna-handed brides with mourning clothes
Ive seen giant walls of the prisons swallow freedom in their ravenous stomach
Ive been reborn amidst epics of resistance and courage
Ive learned the song of freedom in the last breaths, in the waves of blood and in victory
Oh compatriot, Oh brother, no longer regard me as weak and incapable
With all my strength Im with you on the path of my lands liberation.
My voice has mingled with thousands of arisen women
My fists are clenched with the fists of thousands compatriots
Along with you Ive stepped up to the path of my nation,
To break all these sufferings all these fetters of slavery,
Oh compatriot, Oh brother, Im not what I was
Im the woman who has awoken
Ive found my path and will never return

YudViP07 December 2010 08:49:11

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Nice lyrics

GuestPoster3698Guest08 December 2010 03:50:08

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Yud wrote:
Nice lyrics

ya but its for women:P @ Afghan Diva please post some thing for men also:D

silent@holyniteGuest08 December 2010 09:15:50

nice snd meaningfull lyrics

gotya101New member08 December 2010 12:54:40

I dont usually comment on the forum but just this once maybe. I dont think this poem is beautiful. Agreed it comes from a heart full of sorrow and feelings of persecution. But it turns into a hatred which cannot be a "beautiful" feeling - ever.

Hatred never destroys enemies - it only consumes the one who gives it shelter. The one who hates any of God's creation cannot find solace in this life or after.

Finally it has a sense of misguided patriotism. A patriot is not someone who hates those born to other mothers - a patriot is one who loves and respects every mother as he would like his mother to be loved and respected.

Sorry if this hurts anyones feelings here.

legacyKuwait Expert09 December 2010 03:42:39

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on the contrary gotya, you could not be farther from the meaning of the poem.

im sure no one has to tell you about the lives of women in afghanistan, how they are mistreated etc. it is plastered all over the media.

this is an empowering poem, telling the rest that they need not be afraid, recollecting all the past horrors they have suffered, and refuse to suffer anymore.

it is not a poem of hatred, but of resistance, and acceptance that only you can decide to change your life.

read it again.

Chilly_WillyContributor09 December 2010 12:25:44

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agreed.. legacy, you've hit the nail on the head with that one

MooKuwait Expat Advisor09 December 2010 13:50:15

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Nice poem

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