Khush-Gai (Happy-Cow) Yak

Smiley happy face, happy-cow –
Eat from grass, dried below snow,

Fairy tail, woolly wings, light hoof,
Graze, say cheese, on world’s roof.

Scary the herdsman, but a mother,
Bull’s brother, calf and cow’s sister.

Long horn, short horn, feed infant,
Sweet butter, from white milk instant.

Carry loads, they ride upon, uphill
Bring down, running, a-play still.

Smiley happy face, happy-cow –
Eat from grass, dried below snow.

-To a Yak, called Khush-Gai (Happy-Cow) in Khunjrab.

Sadiqullah Khan
Gilgit
November 4,2014.