2017-03-19

Gheall sé go dtiocfadh sé ar ais amárach

Gheall sé go dtiocfadh sé ar ais amárach
agus scríobhas “Amárach”
ar fud an urláir

Ar theacht na maidine, ar siad go léir:
Abair linn, cathain a thiocfaidh “Amárach”?
Amárach, Amárach, cá bhfuil tú?
Chaoineas uisce mo chinn
ach níor tháinig Amárach ar ais.

Sé deir Vidyapati: Éist, a stór!
De d’Amárachsa deineadh inniu
le mná eile.

Vidyapati



He promised he'd return tomorrow

by Vidyapati
English version by Azfar Hussain
Original Language Maithili


He promised he'd return tomorrow.
And I wrote everywhere on my floor:
"Tomorrow."

The morning broke, when they all asked:
Now tell us, when will your "Tomorrow" come?
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, where are you?
I cried and cried, but my Tomorrow never returned!

Vidyapati says: O listen, dear!
Your Tomorrow became a today
with other women.