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The Tears

Ehsan Sehgal is a Pakistani-Dutch poet and writer. He moved to the Netherlands in 1978 to avoid persecution during the General Zia era in Pakistan and has lived in the Netherlands since. Ehsan Sehgal began his literary career in 1967. His first publication was a novel, but his consequent books were…

God has given to all
The powerful medicine;
For all the time
Whenever one needs
Until the life
To cure and heal
For all hardships
Sorrow, pain, and grief
Sufferings
And the heart wounds
Caused by the people
Of the world
Unfaithfulness
Of beloved and lover
Even one's forgiveness
It is
The tears.