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Laxmanrao Sardessai (1904 -1986)
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Mar a athraíonn caimileon a dhath, grabhróga aráin
Á lorg aige ó na rialaitheoirí
Agus é ag seanmóireacht faoina bhfuil i ndán do Goa?
Tírghráthóir é an rógaire sin!
Cé hé féin
Agus cuma gheilitíneach air,
In airde ansin i gcónaí
Ar nós Gobharnóra ón am atá thart,
Agus súp á bhaint ag a anam
As brocamas na gcarn aoiligh,
É beo ar bhuanna a pháirtí
An pobal a scanraíonn é á sheachaint aige de shíor?
Polaiteoir tírghrách é siúd!
Cé hé siúd, é ag caint ar an sóisialachas,
Ag teacht i dtír ar na hoibrithe sna mianaigh aige
Agus a thuilleann in aon lá amháin
Níos mó ná mar a thuilleann na hoibrithe go léir in aghaidh na bliana?
Is sóisialaí é siúd!
Cé hé siúd agus é ag caint ar shaoltacht
Agus é lán de ghothaí
A mhaslaíonn
A dheartháireacha Críostaí?
Daonlathaí saolta é siúd!
Cé hé siúd agus é ag caint
Leis an bpobal is leis na gnáthdhaoine
Nach bhféachann riamh orthu
Agus a chaitheann a chuid ama i mbun siamsaíochta le toscaireachtaí?
Ceannasaí an pháirtí é siúd, a léitheoir!
Ce hé siúd, an t-ainbhiosán,
Ag spraoi le paisin pholaitíochta,
Is le pobaldachas fiú is córas na sainaicmí,
Is fanaiceacht chreidimh,
Agus a íslíonn a mhuintir féin?
Sin é an tabharthóir is mó atá agat, a chara,
Agus le himeascadh is gearr go mbronnfaidh sé
Na flaithis orainn!
Who is That?
- Who is that, changing partiesLike a chameleon changes color, begging
The rulers for breadcrumbs
And philosophizing about Goa's destiny?
– That scoundrel is a patriot!
– Who is that, with
A gelatinous expression,
Always hanging over us
Like a Governor from the old days,
While his spirit delights
In the filth of dung heaps,
And who subsists on his party's glories
And always fears and avoids the people?
– That is a patriotic politician!
– Who is that, who speaks of socialism
And exploits those who work in his mines
And earns, in one day,
More than all the workers do in a year?
– That is a socialist!
– Who is that, who speaks and gestures
When dealing with secularism
And throws buckets of insults
Over his Christian brothers?
– That is a secular democrat!
– Who is that, who while speaking to
The people and the masses
Never looks at them
And spends his time entertaining delegations?
– That is your party's chief, reader!
– Who is that, who, being ignorant,
In politics plays with passions,
And even communalism and the caste system,
And religious fanaticism,
And degrades his people?
– That, friend, is your greatest benefactor
And with integration, he will soon
Be the bearer of paradise!
