Parul Khakkar's Shav Vahini Ganga (Corpse bearing/vehicle Ganga.)
Translated by Dr Koshy AV
Don't be sad but 'rejoice', say the corpses in one voice
O King, in your Ram Rajya!
We see the corpses floating in Ganga
Lord, the trees have all become ash
There is not even a speck of a place in the crematorium
There is no undertaker there or people to carry the corpses to the pyre
No one to sit near and cry
To those of us who lost everything, only the dance of death continues around us, O King
In your Ram Rajya, our corpses float around in the Ganga
Spitting smoke and spitting smoke, even the chimney is panting
The virus has caught us and is shaking us
Our bangles are breaking, and our insides are hurting, burning like fire
While the city is burning, the pandit is playing the veena
O King, in your Ram Rajya corpses floating through Ganga too I see
What pomp and power there was in your get up and style earlier
Now the city sees your real face
Say no excuse now but come out in the open and say loudly, loudly
That you are wearing nothing and have no ability and are lazy
And will not rest now at least but act, show us that!
Smoke rings rise and rise to touch the sky, the city is angry and seething
Don't you know that in your kingdom through Ganga the corpses are floating, at all?
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