A beautiful, heartrending devotion to the victims of the Peshawar massacre; where more than 140 children were shot at point-blank by Taliban militants. Though the English translation of the Urdu lyrics does not do the poetry justice, I included it below so that my non-Urdu speaking friends could also understand this videos powerful message: https://youtube/watch?v=Z_5rH04Jc0g *Narrated through the point-of-view of the children killed. The words he and him are in reference to the Taliban militants* What will he [the Talib] gain by attacking me? He mustnt dare think he destroyed me, I will live on in books forever. I will be found in the promises I made to my mother. I am the future, how can he slay me today? He has to be delusional to believe he can kill the dreams of a child. See mother and father? I had your blood within me, I fought so well! I have proven to the enemy that I am far stronger than him [the Talib]! I am from a nation whose children frighten him, Some enemy he is, he who targets children When you hugged me as I departed, mother, You called me your son, and said AmanAllah (Arabic for one who is bestowed by Gods protection/trust) How did he cross into God’s protection of me? He came as far as to shoot me in the spot where you kissed me, Mother! But, I am from a nation whose children frighten him, Some enemy he is, he who targets children. I must go now, my life is no longer. But that which I have not yet done in life, my brother will do. As literate as I was when you [the Talib] killed me, my younger brother will become even more literate. My father and brothers are still alive, my promises to them are alive as well. You cannot kill my legacy. I am from a nation whose children frighten him, Some enemy he is, he who targets children. #Pakistan. #PeshawarAttack. #Taliban.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:01:01 +0000
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