The foreigners
The foreigners have arrived
said the helper
Let them inside
I said
Removing their hats two came in
I asked them to remove their footwear
and come in
Switching on the A.C.
I asked them
what they wanted
Whiskey they said
I told them it is all local here
They turned around the letters on the table
and said what are these Indian letters
I told them those were all translations
Laughingly they asked
who was he who asked
Can the prosperous Tamilians suffer
What for that now I asked
In Estonian language and Swahili
we have come here to translate that
they said
From the paper bundles
that lay like garbage
I took out it's
translation
The local arrived
The foreigners have arrived
said the helper
Let them inside
I said
Removing their hats two came in
I asked them to remove their footwear
and come in
Switching on the A.C.
I asked them
what they wanted
Whiskey they said
I told them it is all local here
They turned around the letters on the table
and said what are these Indian letters
I told them those were all translations
Laughingly they asked
who was he who asked
Can the prosperous Tamilians suffer
What for that now I asked
In Estonian language and Swahili
we have come here to translate that
they said
From the paper bundles
that lay like garbage
I took out it's
translation
The local arrived
good one. தமிழ் வளமற்று போகிறது, பிற மொழியிலிருந்து தமிழுக்கு என்னத்துக்கு இங்கிருந்து அங்கே கொண்டு போக முடியுமா? கொஞ்சம் குழப்பமான கவிதை மறுபடி வாசிக்கனும்
ReplyDeleteForeigners/ Foreign people
ReplyDeleteMy assistant told me
foreign people have come
'send them in,' I said
removing their hats
i told them
to remove their slippers and come in
switching on the AC
I asked them,' what do you want?'
'whiskey,' they said.
'here and all its local' i said.
turning the newspaper on the table
'What is this, indian letter!,' they asked
'they aren't all translations,' I said
laughingly, they asked
'who is the one, who said that?'
'How can the prosperous Tamalian's fade away?'
So what (now)!' I asked
They said, 'we have come here to translate them
into estonian and in swahili
from the paper bundles
lying like thrash/junk
I picked-up its translation
i handed it over to them
the 'local' (stuff) came