The valley, the lakes,
in this region of Kashmir --
were once Paradise.
Het dal, de meren,	Das Tal, die Seen,
hier in Kasjmir is ooit het --	hierselbst in Kaschmir gab es --
Paradijs geweest.	einst das Paradies.

Poem H6005
Amsterdam, 2025-11-11
The Prophet's Hair (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Story (in: London Review of Books), also published in the collection "East, West" (1994, section "East") - Interpretation of the Paradise Story by Indian Muslims
Collection: Shadows
Keyword: Paradise 
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman