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Lockdown

  • ಗುರುವಾರ, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 09, 2020
  • ಬಿಸಿಲ ಹನಿ

  • 1
    That virus locked
    Both mind and mouth
    And this virus has locked down the body too
    Let me hope that
    Today or tomorrow
    The body will be locked out
    But may I dream that?
    Some day
    Both Mind and Mouth
    Will be locked out?
    2
    The mother who can’t feed
    Her hungry baby
    Just prayed
    'Come Corona come, eat me'
    3
    Getting ready for death
    The Training Camp
    Meant for the compulsion to live
    Has begun
    At least now
    Let us live
    4
    To the living world
    Which lived without being touched
    The Last sentence
    Has been enforced.

    5

    Seeing
    The human corpses fall off
    Like how the insects fall away
    The humans in
    The men of worms
    Woke up at last
    But it is too late!
    6
    For centuries
    The poets yearned and yearned
    'Oh my Spirit
    Transcend all boundaries’
    But no ears took them in
    And no hearts felt touched by
    Now being scared of a virus
    The world is trying to
    Find no boundaries
    7
    What a disease
    You brought,
    Oh father?
    The lives
    Who crave for
    Love and care
    Need to be jailed themselves
    Like criminals?
    8
    For doctors, nurses
    And civilian workers
    We paid a tribute
    By applauding for their services
    They also paid us a tribute
    By going on strike
    For not having
    Gloves, masks
    And gowns
    9
    Those who applied for divorce
    Locked out themselves at home
    And became a couple again

    10
    People from far off
    Joined back their houses
    And at home
    Corona has ordered
    Them to live apart

    11
    Around the world
    Both the dictators
    And those who stood in protest against them
    Have now knelt down
    Before Corona

    12
    The Corona virus
    Is thundering down
    And the center of the world
    Is breaking down

    13
    Even while taking
    Wife and children
    In our arms
    Our hearts
    Will tremble with cold

    From Kannada: Madiwaleppa Okkunda
            To English: Uday Itagi