WHY HE IS SO? RAJASTHANI POEM BY C.P. DEWAL : ENGLISH TRANSVERSION BY RAJNI CHHABRA
C.P. DEWAL
It was a lapse on his part
That people caught glimpse of
A thin trickle of
Love and fraternity in his eyes
It was a lapse on his part
That hearing to him
Why gold poured in ears of listeners
Why rabbits and deer upheld their ears
On hearing him
It was a lapse on his part
That when he spoke
Flowers bloomed all around
Why sparrows echoed their 'choon choon'
Catching melody from his voice
It was a lapse on his part
That people of different community
Treated him as one of them
Utter inattentiveness
That why he is so
Why he is not as he should have been
Why he seemed to everyone
A superb treasure
Like wind and moonlight
It was a lapse on his part
That people deemed him as
Auspicious for them
Why people began their business
After meeting that unemployed fellow
It was a lapse on his part that
Even after looking alike
He was distinct from them
Abruptly, on a fateful day
A Poet observed that 'Why'
And he composed a poem
Around that 'why'
A lively man, a hale and hearty man
Entrapped by poets
Turned into a character only
A stagnant image
Loaded with numerous analogies
He turned into a simile only
Reaching till voracious readers
He transformed absolutely
Now he turned into a well planned identity
A composed truth
After listening to that truth
And musing over it
We cannot reach him
Tree of that type cannot flourish
From seeds of poem
It is not a lapse in your times
It is a lapse on his part
That why he was like that
Why he was one that can not be?
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