Tuesday, July 7, 2009

TEACHINGS

WHEN MOTHER
WENT TO
HER VILLAGE
I REMAINED
AT HOME
PERFORMED ALL
THE CHORES
CLEANING UTENSILS
SWEEPING,COOKING.
WHEN MOTHER
WAS BED STICKEN
I GOT READY
MY YOUNGER
BROTHERS N SISTERS
GIVING THEM BATH
WASHING THEIR CLOTHES.
FOR SENDING THEM SCHOOL
ARRANGED THEIR BAGS
SEARCHING FOR THEIR
RUBBER,PENCIL
AND GEOMETRY BOX
STANDING WAYSIDE
WAITING FOR THEIR
SCHOOL BUS,RICKSHAW

THUS,MY MOTHER
IN HER ABSENCE
TAUGHT ME
HOW TO BE
A MOTHER
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE POEMS "RECALL'N 'TEACHINGS'HAVE BEEN ORIGINALLY COMPOSED IN RAJASTHANI BY SMT.SANTOSH MAYA MOHAN N TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY MYSELF RAJNI CHHABRA

RECALL

LYING UNOCCUPIED
ARE YOUR
ALL THE SEVEN CHAMBERS
FROM SUNDAY TO SATURDAY
BECAUSE
IN EACH AND
EVERY CHAMBER
YOU LEAVE
IMPRESSION OF
KUMKUM SMEARED FEET.
WITHOUT HALTING
MOVE AWAY
ON YOUR
FURTHER JOURNEY
MY ONLY TREASURE IS
RECALL OF YOUR
RISING N SETTING
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