Poem
Mamta Sagar
Song Slaughter
the song,when it fell
crumbled
collapsed,
the earth shuddered
flowed in red
tomorrow’s history
(and the lines that remain out of it)
unsung songs
quiver and quake
in soil and sludge
shattered dreams
buried wishes
flayed bodies
the last rays like pyre
set the river ablaze.
© Translation: 2008, Mamta Sagar
In memory of Saket who was brutally shot by the police in November 2004
SONG SLAUGHTER
© 2007, Mamta Sagar
From: Hiige HaaLeya Meile HaaDu
Publisher: Abhinava Prakashana, Bangalore
From: Hiige HaaLeya Meile HaaDu
Publisher: Abhinava Prakashana, Bangalore
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Song Slaughter
the song,when it fell
crumbled
collapsed,
the earth shuddered
flowed in red
tomorrow’s history
(and the lines that remain out of it)
unsung songs
quiver and quake
in soil and sludge
shattered dreams
buried wishes
flayed bodies
the last rays like pyre
set the river ablaze.
© 2008, Mamta Sagar
From: Hiige HaaLeya Meile HaaDu
From: Hiige HaaLeya Meile HaaDu
In memory of Saket who was brutally shot by the police in November 2004
Song Slaughter
the song,when it fell
crumbled
collapsed,
the earth shuddered
flowed in red
tomorrow’s history
(and the lines that remain out of it)
unsung songs
quiver and quake
in soil and sludge
shattered dreams
buried wishes
flayed bodies
the last rays like pyre
set the river ablaze.
© 2008, Mamta Sagar
In memory of Saket who was brutally shot by the police in November 2004
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