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    I HAVE BROUGHT THE SACRIFICIAL GOAT

    I have brought the sacrificial goat
    To the heap of grass, leaves and bark

    He has forgotten his last beheading
    But round his neck garland-like
                hangs a mark
    © Translation: 2005, Sampurna Chattarji

    I HAVE BROUGHT THE SACRIFICIAL GOAT

    © 1999, Joy Goswami
    From: Surjo-Pora Chhai
    Publisher: Ananda Publishers, Kolkata
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    (India, 1954)

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    I HAVE BROUGHT THE SACRIFICIAL GOAT

    From: Surjo-Pora Chhai

    I HAVE BROUGHT THE SACRIFICIAL GOAT

    I have brought the sacrificial goat
    To the heap of grass, leaves and bark

    He has forgotten his last beheading
    But round his neck garland-like
                hangs a mark
    © 2005, Sampurna Chattarji
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