Night Watch
When the lamps of heaven are dimmed
Nature gently folds its silent leaves
Running waters smoothly flow
The lullaby of the cool wafting air
Slowly casts a spell of drowsiness.
Nature gently folds its silent leaves
Running waters smoothly flow
The lullaby of the cool wafting air
Slowly casts a spell of drowsiness.
Owlish eyes ferret out its prey
Fierce passions are let loose
Fear stalks the streets and hamlets
Wild screams punctuate the night
Witness the trauma of innocents.
Fierce passions are let loose
Fear stalks the streets and hamlets
Wild screams punctuate the night
Witness the trauma of innocents.
Sharp gory unblinking eyes see it all
Far away on the streets on running buses
Nirbayas being brutally tortured
Soumyas on trains hunted and torn to pieces
Wives beaten and daughters raped in their homes.
Far away on the streets on running buses
Nirbayas being brutally tortured
Soumyas on trains hunted and torn to pieces
Wives beaten and daughters raped in their homes.
Trust within the home shattered
Promises of pure love never kept
Suryanelli not a place but a hell
One of many others resounding
With the screams of teenage girls.
Promises of pure love never kept
Suryanelli not a place but a hell
One of many others resounding
With the screams of teenage girls.
Owls hunt prey to keep alive
The law of balancing nature
Human nature hunts to destroy
Leaving behind scarred victims of abuse
Mangled body and tears soaked in blood.
The law of balancing nature
Human nature hunts to destroy
Leaving behind scarred victims of abuse
Mangled body and tears soaked in blood.
If owls were to hoot in words
The hoary tales of the night
Blood on hands that remain
Would many hide in shame
Bridle the beast in them?
The hoary tales of the night
Blood on hands that remain
Would many hide in shame
Bridle the beast in them?
—Jameela Begum