A TRANSLATED POEM FROM 'ABHISHAPT KYON'
Hands picking garbage
Segregating
Pieces of cardboard, bottles of wine
Banned plastic bags
Pieces of bread smeared with fungus
Show each and every object its proper place.
Segregating
Pieces of cardboard, bottles of wine
Banned plastic bags
Pieces of bread smeared with fungus
Show each and every object its proper place.
Wife of waste dealer
Weighs pieces of cardboard
Weighs banned plastic bags
Counts wine bottles
Pretends to be arithmetician
And hands over half day wages of Manrega.
Weighs pieces of cardboard
Weighs banned plastic bags
Counts wine bottles
Pretends to be arithmetician
And hands over half day wages of Manrega.
Hands that pick garbage
Are equally apt at playing drums
Physique stretched from head to toe
Dances as well.
Faces defeat sometimes and sings at other times
But these hands are never raised for begging.
Are equally apt at playing drums
Physique stretched from head to toe
Dances as well.
Faces defeat sometimes and sings at other times
But these hands are never raised for begging.
Their off springs
Want to pick gold in midst of drains
But come across
Hidden decayed remnants of
Excreta of human beings
Original poem in Hindi by Dr Dharam Paul Kapoor
Translated into English by Rajni Chhabra, with consent from the poet
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