Poetry at Sangam
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Translated by Sudeep Sen
Don’t want to call. Still — please wait a bit.
Worship hall to your right, to the left the red-light street.
Which one do you desire? Think man, think real hard —
Here are two worlds smeared with menstrual blood.
Don’t want to leave you. But that’s the inevitable course.
Altar of Goddess to the right, to the left a colony of whores.
Where do you desire to go? Think man, think, and tell me —
Where would you find your blood-smeared happiness-key?
Don’t want to tell you. Yet for truth’s sake just let me tell —
You’ve got heaven on your right, on your left, well you’ve got hell.
You think you can manage both the sides? Very smart!
I am your Goddess, man, believe me — I am your tart.
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