Zavar, Painting by Artist Varjavan Dastoor
Pastel on Paper ,
17 x 14 inches (43.18 x 35.56 cm)
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Art No
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11496
Artist
:
Varjavan Dastoor
Title
:
Zavar
Medium
:
Pastel on Paper
Size
:
17 x 14 inches (43.18 x 35.56 cm)
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Remarks
In the tall mountains of Chitral
Was a village too remote to be famed
And in it lived a shepherd
Who requested not to be named.
The harsh mountain weather
Doesn’t make wealthy shepherds.
For this is the land of rock and ice
That was the snow leopard’s.
A silent decade had gone by
Since last the beast was found.
The shepherds didn’t complain
‘Bout the “chitah” not being around.
But soon they realised
That sheep began to vanish.
Could it be the “chitah”
That was long ago banished?
For an indigent shepherd
Each sheep was dear.
Their retaliation
Would soon be clear.
They dug ditches
With a carcass at the bottom
To draw in the leopard
And stone him when they got him.
Our shepherd was willing
To hurl a rock.
He had taken a hit
On losing livestock.
While walking one night through the thin air
That made him pant and puff
He walked past one of his ditches
And thought he heard a chuff.
Twelve feet below the ground
Lay the most majestic being.
With fur of ghostly white and grey
And eyes of palest green.
Those green eyes had felt loss
But never shed a tear
Never flinching although resigned
To the end that drew near.
He reached for a rock that lay close by
And went to make the kill.
But those deep piercing eyes
Froze him icy still.
The next day drew light
With chatter among the shepherds
For in one ditch lay an eaten carcass
But no sign of the snow leopard.
Our shepherd cannot explain
What came over him that day.
The day he let the last king
Climb up and run away.
Keywords :
tiger
tiger eyes
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