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Dirge for two voices

There is wailing in Shopian
As woman mourns her son
“Who will feed his widow?
Who will raise my grandson?”
“Curse all these Indian soldiers
For doing this to me
May all their mothers suffer
The grief they brought to me”

There is wailing in Seevalaperi
As woman mourns her son
“Who will feed his widow?
Who will raise my grandson?”
“Curse all these Kashmiri pasangal
For doing this to me
May all their mothers suffer
The grief they brought to me”

There is wailing in Baramulla
As woman mourns her son
“Who will feed his widow?
Who will raise my grandson?”
“Curse all these Indian soldiers
For doing this to me
May all their mothers suffer
The grief they brought to me”

There is wailing in Ariyalur
As woman mourns her son