Posted by: tired February 20, 2005
Oh the Poetry of Life!
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The "Paagal" above is really great! Wow! So, here is an attempt at translating one of Bhupi Sherchan's shorter works: Mero Chowk my yard ? A Translation in a narrow alley is my yard. what isn?t here? everything is. countless disease, endless hunger, boundless grief, only bliss is absent, there?s a ban on it. in a narrow alley is my yard. what isn?t here? everything is. in this yard of mine god-made men and man-made gods both live. but both are dejected. both are frustrated. men are dejected because they are tortured by fleas all-night-long tortured by monies all-day-long and the gods are frustrated because no one worships them, no one respects them so, in this yard gods and men blaming each other curse their luck together in a narrow alley is my yard. what isn?t here? everything is.
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