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ASSAM LABOURERS...


My translation of Vyllopilli Sreedhara Menon's Poem 'Assam Panikkar' 

We, who are back from Assam,
From the laborious toil away from home.
Our thoughts flee faster 
Than the bolting train.
Sweet delight for our eyes, our land,
From which we were long estranged.
Fields where storks flutter like bullets,
Meadows where nature rings her bells in rhythm,
Loose haired, dancing coconut trees,
In between, houses exchanging sweet grins,
Pathways decorating the landscape,
When cities dream of villages.
Hurry Old friends, come and
Dance around us.
Away, even a lonesome coconut tree could summon
Memories of our motherland.
Their white garbs instilled in us 
Memories of Malabar, our home.
We know, we know, those wight fleas
Who make this land a hell.
Let the vengeful Time-ahead
Take revenge upon these ingrates.
We have returned, to write in this ancient soil,
The story of the rest of our lives.
To dampen the fire of hunger we left,
To quench our heart's hunger we have come.
Though rich, this land be poor
Though beauteous, this land be hideous.
Still, to love, to desire, and to despair
If it is here, is a delight.

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