Author : Mridul Dashgupta
Translation By : Sk. Raja Ali, Postgraduate Student, Central University of Rajasthan.
Supervisor : Dr. Ved Prakash, Assistant Professor, CURAJ.
Standing Beside the Crying Mother
If I don't stand beside the crying mother in this needy hour,
Why this writing? Why singing?
Why this drawing?
If I don't feel enraged after seeing my dead brother,
Then why should I love, why this society
And why this value-judgement?
The girl who is missing,
When she is found disarrayed in the jungle,
How can I look at the sky, hoping to get the verdict of God?
I can't do that.
What I am able to do is to sit down to compose poetry and show my rage in the lines of poetry where my conscience bursts as a weapon.
Why this writing? Why singing?
Why this drawing?
If I don't feel enraged after seeing my dead brother,
Then why should I love, why this society
And why this value-judgement?
The girl who is missing,
When she is found disarrayed in the jungle,
How can I look at the sky, hoping to get the verdict of God?
I can't do that.
What I am able to do is to sit down to compose poetry and show my rage in the lines of poetry where my conscience bursts as a weapon.
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