Since you entered the city from the village<\/p>\n
In search of development<\/p>\n
You have walked on foot,<\/p>\n
You have traversed for months<\/p>\n
And moved about in your old shoes.<\/p>\n
You have no car of your own,<\/p>\n
If needed you take a bus,<\/p>\n
You have no house of your own,<\/p>\n
You stay in a rented apartment.<\/p>\n
For many months you are seen in just one dress<\/p>\n
And many days have passed<\/p>\n
You are in your old beard,<\/p>\n
You have no money.<\/p>\n
Therefore, you are not regarded as a good son.<\/p>\n
You have no job either<\/p>\n
So you are not a successful father.<\/p>\n
When you have no money<\/p>\n
Forget about everything,<\/p>\n
You are no longer a capable husband.<\/p>\n
You have heard about foreign lands but never been there,<\/p>\n
You have seen the planes but have never boarded in them,<\/p>\n
Generally,<\/p>\n
Things needed you fulfill through dreams.<\/p>\n
This is the difference between you and others,<\/p>\n
You are just you and there is a street for you to walk on<\/p>\n
And there are high-rise buildings all around<\/p>\n
With Mitsubishis, Marutis and Mercedes.<\/p>\n
There are phones, files and fees too.<\/p>\n
Everything is there, but you alone are nowhere.<\/p>\n
When you are nothing, you no longer remain yourself<\/p>\n
And become just a crowd.<\/p>\n
There is a great difference between a man and a crowd \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n
A crowd has no principle,<\/p>\n
A crowd follows no religion,<\/p>\n
And a crowd has no rules to follow.<\/p>\n
Sometimes a crowd is useful for watching some magic,<\/p>\n
And sometimes a crowd gathers to listen to a speech,<\/p>\n
And sometimes a crowd lines up to fill political processions.<\/p>\n
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Being a watchman of light<\/p>\n
At that time,<\/p>\n
The whole heat was lost,<\/p>\n
All the light had disappeared,<\/p>\n
And all the warmth was stolen.<\/p>\n
Even the Sun which distributed warmth equally<\/p>\n
Had cooled down,<\/p>\n
In whose presence<\/p>\n
The existence of cold felt itself an orphan.<\/p>\n
And at that time<\/p>\n
Only sheltering the empires of the cold<\/p>\n
The stars stayed awake in the sky.<\/p>\n
And constantly hugging the only Moon under their arms,<\/p>\n
They were showering dews,<\/p>\n
Dropping the cold,<\/p>\n
And throwing down frost.<\/p>\n
With the pride of height<\/p>\n
Bragging its power<\/p>\n
The sky was intoxicated at that time,<\/p>\n
Maybe, the sky was getting highly puffed up.<\/p>\n
Even if several Springs descended<\/p>\n
It always let the Autumn come to fruition,<\/p>\n
And helped the snow rain<\/p>\n
And sprinkled the cold wind.<\/p>\n
The sky thus at that time<\/p>\n
Was waiting for an opportunity<\/p>\n
To swallow up our existence.<\/p>\n
We the individuals on earth below<\/p>\n
Were unable to get a clear majority,<\/p>\n
For our right to live<\/p>\n
In severe cold, under dark shades<\/p>\n
Were cramped,<\/p>\n
And with a view to bringing back<\/p>\n
Our warmth robbed by the sky<\/p>\n
Down to the earth<\/p>\n
United together against the sky,<\/p>\n
Tried constantly to fill the groups,<\/p>\n
And raised our slogans.<\/p>\n
Beware !<\/p>\n
You, the sky, who rob the heat,<\/p>\n
Now on don’t mock at us in any way \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n
We are humans and our right to exist as man<\/p>\n
Don’t hatch conspiracies to snatch away.<\/p>\n
Even up to that time<\/p>\n
We standing in the demonstrations<\/p>\n
Remained in search of heat \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n
And we were preparing ourselves to bring back<\/p>\n
Our warmth-producing mechanisms<\/p>\n
Snatched away by the sky.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2<\/p>\n
As this struggle continued,<\/p>\n
Threatened with our voice,<\/p>\n
Frightened by our crowds,<\/p>\n
When it could do nothing to stop,<\/p>\n
One day<\/p>\n
The sky agreed for a compromise,<\/p>\n
And our lights it had concealed<\/p>\n
Was ready to return for us to the earth.<\/p>\n
Thus the sky returned our warmth without any condition.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2<\/p>\n
Even now we are a group of people,<\/p>\n
Who are enjoying the light<\/p>\n
Thrown down on this Earth.<\/p>\n
So that in no way would the sky<\/p>\n
Rob us of the light again,<\/p>\n
We are now firmly standing up<\/p>\n
As the watchmen of light.<\/p>\n
Translated by: Dr. Tara Nath Sharma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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