Dhá Thine

Dhá Thine

San áit seo tá eagla ar pháistí dul amach ag spraoi
San áit seo tá nead philéardhíonach ag na hioraí
San áit seo is mian leis na seanóirí lámh a chur ina mbás féin
Níl aon  difríocht idir saighdiúir agus sibhialtach
Níl aon difríocht idir an marfóir is an té atá marbh
Táid araon beo bocht, ocras orthu, céastar iad araon.

A fhilí na hIndia, bhfuil sibh in ann siúl idir dhá thine?

 

Two Fires

Here, every child is scared to play
Here, every squirrel has a bullet-proof home
Here, every old man wants to commit suicide
There is no difference between a soldier and a man
No difference between the killer and the killed
Both are poor, both are hungry, both are tortured.

Poets of India, can you walk between two fires?

Subodh Sarkar
Translation from the Bengali
By the poet