like salt in water,
what else besides God disappears at the altar?
O Kashmir, Armenia once vanished. Words are nothing,
just rumors– like roses– to embellish a slaughter.
[Agha Shahid Ali, A VILLANELLE]
like salt in water,
what else besides God disappears at the altar?
O Kashmir, Armenia once vanished. Words are nothing,
just rumors– like roses– to embellish a slaughter.
[Agha Shahid Ali, A VILLANELLE]