Baby and mother : 'Angang Amasung Mama'
Raghu Leishangthem *
Today,
Mothers are saying to their babies:
Remain still inside the womb
A war is going on, fiercely!
At this time
Babies are crying inside wombs
Without a sound;
Show us the world, Mother
Allow us to repay
The debt for feeding us your milk.
Today
The people are practically dead while still alive,
My precious son;
Remain still in your place inside the womb
Darkness has started engulfing
No light is left, now.
The babies
Start moving inside the wombs:
Mother, I wish to see the light,
A part of the sky rightly belongs to us.
Now,
The baby and its mother
Are tussling in this battle of dream and reality.
** Translated by T. Bijoykumar Singh
* Poem written by Raghu Leishangthem for Hueiyen Lanpao (English Edition)
This poem was webcasted on December 14 2014.
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