Sparrow
It is not easy to write
A poem on a sparrow
To write poems on birds
It is best to meet
Salim Ali or at least
Read his books
For only he can tell you
Which sparrow is a foe
And which one a friend
Otherwise an ordinary
Person may
Spend a lifetime
Just figuring out
Which sparrow is a foe
And which one a friend.
_Kumar Vikal
Theatre
There is no end to
A park’s bench
It just rests in a park
But is present even outside
The city
There is no end to
Lights on the bridge
My night is full of them
Even in the face of death
I will recall them
Have seen the long beaked
Wood-pecking bird
Just twice or thrice
In the past ten years
May see it again
This time in a theatre
There is no end to
Theatre Theatre is not the
Name of just one building.
_Alok Dhanva
Poems translated from the Hindi by Nirupama Dutt
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