Earth

(Dhoritri)

Shapon Majhi

Translated by Gautam Dutta

The sad and lonely sighs of the sore earth,
Never escapes my ears.
She bears immense pain in silence;
The sons of her soil have left her scarred, brutally.
Busy! Indifferent!
Even for their fellow men,
They can't spare a moment!
And for me, I keep on fighting with the shadows.