Once through this ruined city did I pass I espied a lonely bird on a bough and asked ‘What knowest thou of this wilderness?' It replied: 'I can sum it up in two words: ‘Alas, Alas! (Khushwant Singh)

Once through this ruined city did I pass I espied a lonely bird on a bough and asked ‘What knowest thou of this wilderness?' It replied: 'I can sum it up in two words: ‘Alas, Alas!

Khushwant Singh

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