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Both are useless (‘dhoni nyarthac’)

Sunday, December 26th, 2010

 

by Mina Gajbhiye 

What will you do for those

whose hunger is an ache?

Shed two tears?

Give a fourth of a slice of bread?

What will you do for those 

who don't quite live

and don't quite die?

Write a beautiful poem of life?

Or a beautiful poem on death?

Whatever you do-

it will be useless. 

 

 

Translated by Jayant Karve and Eleanor Zelliot. Source: Images of Women in Maharashtrian Literature and Religion. Mina Gajbhiye  is a Dalit poet writing in the Marathi language. 

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