SILENCE : HINDI POEM BY PROMILA BHARDWAJ : ENGLISH VERSION BY RAJNI CHHABRA

 SILENCE 

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We, you and all are subsisting

In empire of silence.

Silently flowing amidst it

Pure river of occupancy,

We, you and all of us 

Have become its opposite banks.

Innumerable waves of sentiments

Have come to stand-still

Due to lack of exchange of ideas,

Creating impression of cold-war

Attack of anguish

All are tolerating silently

Silent viewers of nature and we ourselves 

Are aghast at this reign of silence.

We, you and all are dwelling 

In this empire of silence

Like good citizens

But, no, this empire is not good

It is fetching restless disposition of mind

Making whole surroundings burdensome.

Come, let us shift somewhere else

Stop living in this empire of silence.

We are two opposite banks of river.

For sake of removing distance and silence

Conversing mutually

While flowing,

Mingle into 

Ocean of good-will

Get in unison

With conciliation

Always live in unison

Wherever  might live

We, you and all

But not at all

In the empire of silence.