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Monday, January 10, 2011

TRIFLE OF A LIFE---Translation/adaptation of Subramanya Bharathi's Tamil poem

                                       TRIFLE OF A LIFE

With the hunt
for the
daily morsel
begins the
rat race.

Cock and bull stories
consume all the
crowding
hours.

Piqued and pained
at the
pettiness of others,
people pay them back
in coins of their
own.

Grey hair,the
gradual  gift of growing years
glibly speaks on
gerontology.

Slowly but surely
this mortal
sheath is
shed.

Oh,Goddess Kali!
Like these queer folks,
will I ever
allow this
trifle of a life to
wither me away into
wastefulness?

2 comments:

R SRIDHAR said...

a very nice beginning for the new year of today. Wishing you all the very best in years to come.

-R SRIDHAR, BOB SERMAS

Unknown said...

thanks for your good wishes,