THEME: True love is rare but people who divide are too many. The poem is a rebellious cry against the patriarchs of the world, who do not approve of love or togetherness that does not conform to their conventions. It is the amalgamation of the sorrow of all the hearts who are denied, love.
Oh, Dear World!
What haven’t you gone through?
To deny us so fiercely,
A love that is rare, a love that is true!
Have you not faced the cruelest wars?
Where countries were torn apart and humanity was set on fire,
Having failed to put out the flames of hatred,
How can you still disapprove of the love that our hearts desire?
Oh Judge of mankind, who wears the mask of God!
Mean, Cold, Indifferent and Prejudiced.
We are tired of your philanthropic ploys and defensive diplomacy,
Listen to the demands of a dismally distressed generation,
We want what is rightfully ours and are not begging for any mercy.
Oh, the witness of all things horrid and Great!
Of Alexander’s birth and Caesar’s death,
Of the miracles of Christ and the spread of the Caliphate,
Of the discoveries of science and the rise of the Industrial age,
What has shackled you still?
Is it religious zealotry, political ambitions or the race for more money?
Or is it the darkness of the dark ages that hasn’t yet left the narrow minds of many?
Whatever it is, shove it aside and drive it far away,
And give us a reason to breathe; give us a purpose to stay.
Oh, assembly of all intellectual minds!
Search among the skeletons of the pharaohs, and in the ruins of Athens and Rome,
The fate of all that glory, the result of all that power,
Resurrect your buried souls and break the barriers,
And for God’s sake, let us love;
the need of the hour.
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