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So Many Alphabets are Seen

January 7th, 2012 by admin

 

Crisscross marks of the broom

Made of coconut leaf-bristles fill the tidied front yard

Bursting in laughter and fragrance

Stands the Ilanji tree at the margin of the yard

Clean after bath black kids wait

On the verandah looking for a come back

Clean kitchen pots and vessels bask in evening light

Along with spatulas made of coconut shells

 

Such small changes are seen everywhere you see

The home you left for work is not the one you enter after work

The children are also changed as you come back

With the wage of paddy in the corner folding of loincloth

 

Who cleaned and kept the littered house like this?

Who made the little dirty ones with running nose

Into smiling flowers with fragrance?

 

Yes, so many alphabets are seen

In their eyes.

 

Ajay Sekher's translation of the Malayalam poem “So Many Alphabets are Seen” by poet M R Renukumar. 

M R Renukumar is a poet, writer and painter from Kottayam. 

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