For the first time, you write the twang of existence
For the first time, you write the struggle in words.
It should not become an occasion of commotion
Write in words the interaction of silence.
The pains of the era would arrive in the words
You write the screams coming from all directions.
Some moment will catch its meanings
Write the shapes emerging on the walls.
The caravans will move towards the sun
You write such a thought piercing the night.
Our sufferings have remained unwritten
Write, do write all the incidents in detail.
The eye that discriminates between man and man
Write the scorn of the whole human race.
G K Vankar's translation of A K Dodiya's Gujarati poem "You write" from the poetry collection "Suryonmukha".