By Sheikh Shabir Kulgami
The silent daughter-in-law
Mother, Mother! Where are you?
Give me the food: I am too hungry,
Honey son, honey son, I am here weeping for her,
Alas the day, she came to me!
She is a witch I do swear.
Who Mother, who Mother? I don’t get.
Dear heart, she. Who else?
The daughter of a bitch! The monster!
Alas the day, she came to us!
Who Mother, who? Please do tell,
The daughter-in-law dear, why don’t you see?
But Mother, she is a charm, she is so calm,
A donkey in work, she does no harm,
She has wedded me, don’t you miss;
No, no shut up: you are my son
She kills me with you in smile,
She to me is an ugly sight
What though she is a dumb creature, my son?
By Sheikh Shabir Kulgami
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