My Kabul!
By Shugofeh Bakhtari
Translation by Asadullah Jafari “Pezhman”
My Kabul! I am far from your domain
I am in the grave in this far-off place
Without you, being without you every moment
It bites me like a wasp, Kabul
Your separation bothers me
I have to endure enough
I am far from co-culture and same-language
I always hate myself it made me
I have not done anything for you, Kabul
I apologize for disability, Kabul
My house is Kabul, my Kabul
I have to endure depression every moment
I owned my own house, Kabul
Now I am homeless because I am abandoned
Shine again here O sun
I am sunless with your darkness
Life sinks into disappointment
I am like a dead person in a grave