I am black unshaped stone <br />Simple but famous for quality alone <br />When cut to size may assume name of diamond <br />All envy keen interest and passion found <br /> <br />Many may inherit fortune with precious stone <br />Prosperity may return and poverty gone <br />It may shadow bad luck and misfortune <br />Life may go astray with rhythm out of tune <br /> <br />Such is story of diamond “Kohinoor” in possession <br />Previously found with princely states with obsession <br />Sikhs got it with downfall and recession <br />British too lost empire with no concession <br /> <br />Where ever it traveled misfortune followed <br />Uprooting of states and downfall allowed <br />Humiliation and shame had to be swallowed <br />Revenge, hate and reprisal got to be vowed <br /> <br />“Kohinoor” came to be known as unlucky treasure <br />Cut into size was mounting pressure <br />British obliged and cut into pieces assured <br />Not to pass to any one promise reassured <br /> <br />British too were reduced to small empire <br />Golden days passed with good fame to expire <br />Many attempted it to claim and acquire <br />Legal bindings and claims too required <br /> <br />History may not repeat with its curse and fall out <br />Kohinoor may stay in vault and not invite rout <br />World may know nothing what it is all about <br />It is tale of destruction and misfortune spell out <br /> <br />Still it adores British crown <br />No significance but only in noun <br />Many countries claim and eyes frown <br />British too unwilling and claimdisown<br /><br />hasmukh amathalal<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kohinoor-unlucky-stone/
