Sunday, January 22, 2006
Cursed (in memory of the late Ali Niyaz: Head of the Legal Department, Tourism Ministry of the Maldives)

Smart people of the world, you're cursed
Hey, people in the know, your lives only get worse
You know more than you were meant to
And you wish for dreams beyond you

You do your very best, for people you love
You weave your sad tale, of all that hurt
The world turned it's back on you
They only took what they wanted to

Smart people, you're cursed
Smart people, mercy on your souls
Smart people, you're cursed
You're cursed
Cursed

Smart people of the world you're chosen
You're the soulful seeds, the inspiration
But they drained your souls dry
Watched you break down and die

What you left unspoken will be revived
The legacies you left, they will survive
The old will feel your loss
And the young will remember 'cos

Smart people, you inspire
Smart people, you left the world afire
Smart people, you're cursed
You're cursed
Cursed

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dont you think this a bit too much??? He wasnt cursed..just it was his fate..!

Anonymous said...

maybe the other one who posted was righ.he is not cursed his faith was like that.and who knows he has been cursed are u guys like gods. hahahaha foolishness just becouse u guys hate him dosnt mean that he is cursed.

Anonymous said...

Ali Niyaz was blessed--not cursed--in that he had the smartness that most of us can only dream of having. He was doubly blessed because he knew how to use his abilities to good effect, achieving, in his unfortunately short life, what few of us can hope to achieve in our lifetimes.

I am proud to have known him, and those of us who knew him personally, used to talk of his awe-inspiring achievements. We will remember him as one of the most gifted persons of our generation.

Anonymous said...

I am wondering why people comment on things that they don’t know... Don’t think that you “know everything”.. You guys really don’t know the meaning of that song...don’t you guys know English...!!! hehe that’s a great song.. Well done...

Anonymous said...

what kind of thing is this? Do you know Ali Niyaz personally? If not too bad, you have missed out on something in life.
I used to admire his many achievements before i got to know him personally. And having spent time with him, i can tell you he deserved every ounce of his acheivements.
He has given so much to people around him, his freinds. He has been a source of inspiration and support where he had pushed us all to be the best we possibly can be. He was a good human being, a giver and thats more than what can be said for most people.
And he used his smartness to help people, how can he be cursed?
Have you heard the saying, whome the god loves he takes early?
He dreamt big, but than he had the guts,brains and the right attitude to acheive his dreams.
Cursed far from it, more like blessed as shiyaz puts it.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the lovely poem.

Anonymous said...

A very controversial poem