They took my daughters

They took my children
My girls

I do not know how many of them they took in all
But they took my daughters

In their sleep
They snatched them

In the dark
They stole them away

My helpless children
Barely clothed

Frightened 
Confused

I do now know where they have taken them to
I haven't heard anything

Just rumours of escapes
Rumours of the government "doing something"

Rumours of prayers
Of fasting

But my daughters are there
Two sisters

With those men
Those men

The kinds that kill children
And blow up buses

Will these men feed them?
Will they starve them?

Will they clothe them?
Will they rape them?

Will they give them water to drink?
Will they beat them?

They took my daughters
I don't know where my daughters are

I count the days
The hours since they have been gone

No one knows anything
I don't know anything

They took my children
My girls

I still do not know how many of them they took in all
But they took my daughters

My girls
My pride