WE WILL COME ONLY WHEN-----/ਅਸੀਂ ਤਦੋਂ ਆਂਵਾਂਗੇ

O! Tiny birds
Come to me.

I am holding on my palms
Grains for you.
For your beaks
I have some water.

Birds replied

No---no
No---no

I invited them
Come, sit on my shoulders
I want to understand
Your language
I want to converse with you
In your language
I want to know from you
What do you feel
About this world?


Birds replied

No---no
No---no


I asked
What happened?
What happened?
O! Tiny birds.


Birds got scared of me
Ran away
Then, spoke in their chirping language.

They asked me
Do you tell lies?


--Yes-----


You commit violence?
-----Yes-----


You eat our little mates
 Like potato and brinjal


Yes ---yes

Then, we will not come to you
We will come to you
Only when you
Become like birds
When you will become like us

Presently
You are a human-being
Very frightful.



A Panjabi poem ਅਸੀਂ ਤਦੋਂ ਆਂਵਾਂਗੇ,composed by Dr Amarjeet Kaunke and translated into English, by me, with his consent.

Rajni Chhabra






















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