Shikra

Maaye ni maaye
main ik shikra yaar banaya
Choori kutaan
te oh khanda nahin
ve uhnu dil da maans khawaya.
Maaye ni maaye
main ik shikra yaar banaya.
                                          - Shiv Kumar Batalvi (1936-1973)


O Mother! I befriended a hawk.

I crushed chapatis

but he would not eat

so I fed him the flesh of my heart.

O Mother! I befriended a hawk.