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SUDDENLY ONE DAY

Suddenly one day
the meaning of

diamonds                     pearls
turmeric                       onions
Kabir                             Nirala
Heaven                         Hell
crickets                        mist

will become
clear

just as
sunlight
passing over
thatched roof
suddenly sparkles.

© Translation: 2002, Alok Bhalla

SUDDENLY ONE DAY

From: Akal Mein Saras
Publisher: Rajkamal Prakashan, Delhi

Kedarnath Singh

Kedarnath Singh

Born in 1934, Kedarnath Singh is widely acknowledged as one of the major writers of contemporary Hindi poetry. Subtle, understated, economical, nuanced and allusive, Singh’s poetry has been associated with the New Poetry and Progressive Writers’ Movements in Hindi. His work has been described as ‘polyvocal’ and ‘dialogic’, surcharged with a folk and mythic consciousness, capable of evoking ‘the...

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SUDDENLY ONE DAY

Suddenly one day
the meaning of

diamonds                     pearls
turmeric                       onions
Kabir                             Nirala
Heaven                         Hell
crickets                        mist

will become
clear

just as
sunlight
passing over
thatched roof
suddenly sparkles.

© 2002, Alok Bhalla
From: Akal Mein Saras

SUDDENLY ONE DAY

Suddenly one day
the meaning of

diamonds                     pearls
turmeric                       onions
Kabir                             Nirala
Heaven                         Hell
crickets                        mist

will become
clear

just as
sunlight
passing over
thatched roof
suddenly sparkles.

© 2002, Alok Bhalla

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