Poem
Chandrakant Shah
KABIR
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closetLet us reach them to other lands, argots and worlds
What are jeans if not bobbins brimming with language?
A vocabulary of 68,800 Gujarati words makes life routine
Man’s bond with jeans – is it authorised or unauthorised?
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closet
Having travelled far and wide, we return to Kabir’s handloom
The wet fabric of jeans reveals the source of all knowledge
Bury a full-blown life with jeans and engorge the grave with jeans
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closet
© Translation: 2005, Naushil Mehta and Arundhathi Subramaniam
Kabir: medieval Indian mystic, a weaver by profession
KABIR
© 2000, Chandrakant Shah
From: Blue Jeans
Publisher: Image Publications, Mumbai
From: Blue Jeans
Publisher: Image Publications, Mumbai
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KABIR
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closetLet us reach them to other lands, argots and worlds
What are jeans if not bobbins brimming with language?
A vocabulary of 68,800 Gujarati words makes life routine
Man’s bond with jeans – is it authorised or unauthorised?
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closet
Having travelled far and wide, we return to Kabir’s handloom
The wet fabric of jeans reveals the source of all knowledge
Bury a full-blown life with jeans and engorge the grave with jeans
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closet
© 2005, Naushil Mehta and Arundhathi Subramaniam
From: Blue Jeans
From: Blue Jeans
KABIR
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closetLet us reach them to other lands, argots and worlds
What are jeans if not bobbins brimming with language?
A vocabulary of 68,800 Gujarati words makes life routine
Man’s bond with jeans – is it authorised or unauthorised?
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closet
Having travelled far and wide, we return to Kabir’s handloom
The wet fabric of jeans reveals the source of all knowledge
Bury a full-blown life with jeans and engorge the grave with jeans
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closet
© 2005, Naushil Mehta and Arundhathi Subramaniam
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