Mamta Kalia
Mamta Kalia
Mamta Kalia
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Poetry<br />
FIVE POEMS<br />
Nilesh Raghuvanshi<br />
Translated by<br />
Shalini<br />
The Urn<br />
The ancient and beautiful urn,<br />
grain and water are where now kept<br />
Used to house dreams earlier<br />
which today have often wept.<br />
When she got married,<br />
the girl had brought this urn<br />
with her from her mother’s home.<br />
The door of her house she<br />
would have seen in it<br />
on that entire journey.<br />
Her childhood stuffed in it,<br />
The urn was filled with her star-soaked dreams.<br />
The girl is no more.<br />
No more are the star-studded days,<br />
nor the enchanting dreams.<br />
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