Poetry at Sangam

SangamHouse

 










HASTINAPUR by Shrikant Verma

(Translated from the Hindi by Rahul Soni)

Consider
a person
who comes to Hastinapur
and says
No, no, this can’t be Hastinapur!

Consider
a person
left all alone—
why should he care when the Mahabharata was fought?

If you can,
consider
Hastinapur,
for which
time and again
a Mahabharata is fought,
and no one cares
except that person
who comes to Hastinapur
and says,
No, no, this can’t be Hastinapur!