Americayile malayaLikaLkku Oru Kathu!
Remesh Kuruppath
Two days back, my friend srikumar at cmc hyderabad sent me this poem
by Sugatha Kumari. So here it's for you all!
Americayile MalayaLikaLkku Oru Kathu
By Sugatha Kumari (1978)
aazhikku mappuRath-aiswarya lakshmi than
aakasha chumbikaL minnumaa bhoomiyil
immala naatinte daaridrya thapthamaam
nan matithattu vitteththiya koottare
Ethu parishkaara mOtiyilum, navya
BhOga laharikaL neetum sukhathilum
ningaL muzhukilum, njaan aRiyunnithe
ningaL thannuLLil-orEkaakiyaam shishu
Innu-muRangaathirikkunnu , mookamaa-
yinnum kurunnu karangaL neettunnithe.
onnara chutti, kkuLi kazhinjeeRanaam
nan muti-thumbil thuLaseedaLavumaay
nettiyil chandanam thottu karam kooppi
nilkku-morammaye ththeti, nerallayo ?
chittu chootuLLa chembaavari kanjiyum
paRpatavum kaNNimaangayum kiNNathi-
liththiriyamma viLambi ththarikile-
nnippOzhu-mORthu pOkunnu; nErallayo ?
kaaRukaL muttiyurummi-yozhukumee
raaja patthaththil potunnane-yenna pol
munnil kutamani mutti-kkilungidum
khinna-moru kaaLa-vaNtiyum chemmaNNu-
thingi niRanja natappaathayum, kaNNu-
pongu-nnitathokke-yOmana ppeelikaL
thingunna thengite pachcha-ththirakaLum
vannu niRanju pOkunnu, nErallayo ?
ennu-mazhiyaatha kettithu, nammaLe-
yonnaakkitunna mahaa-snEha sRunkhala
uLLinte-yuLLil gruhaathurathvam pERi-
yallalil thaazhaathuyaRnna shirassumaay
thangaL-kkabhimathamaaya paNikaLil
mungi-yadhwaanichu buddhiyaal meyyinaal
maaya-pOl saRva sukhangaLum nalkumaa-
dOLLaR-in-aiswarya saamRaajya vEdiyil
swanthamaam kaalil nivaRnu ninnum sweeya-
manthassiyennum vasikkum sahajare
ningaLe cholli yabhimaana mElumee
yamma daridrayaa-NaaRthayaaNengilum
makkaL sukhamaay kazhiyunnuvennathe
dukha-makattunnathee-yaaRdramaam jeevanil!
Remesh
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