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Qutab Minar
It was past midnight The goddess of Delhi city Wide eyed, sharp nosed is in her slumber
Roving my eyes for passers by, I pushed The tall, long, Godlike Qutub Minar
Thought I can't do without taking it to Imphal I fancied Qutub Minar standing by the Samu Makhong hoping this would designate Samu Makhong
Towards Indira Gandhi airport Qutub Minar loaded on my head, I marched they refused and there wasn't a plane that could carry the Qutub Minar
To the stench filled and faeces scattered railway station, I headed they said they couldn't drag it till Guwahati they could, till Jalpaiguri though
I hitched on the Avadh Assam train They were right when they said this train collects cow-dungs It dragged itself like a pregnant serpent, leaving its trails of smoke
A long halt on reaching Bihar I Got off to sip a cup of tea from Lalu's clay cup it was, I savoured
Summer scorched peasants were awaiting the rains Neither Mayang nor Meitei, a peasant is just a peasant Laboured and exhausted, awaiting rains After rains harvest After harvest the abuses of the feudal lord
I've reached Jalpaiguri Waiting to exhibit the prowess of this Meitei Lion I traversed with the Qutub Minar loaded on my head
I swam the breadth of the mighty Brahmaputra One arm splashing, one arm dragging the Qutub Minar I am Hanuman, I thought
In the dense forest of Assam the songs of the tea plantation workers wafts through Tendered my heart, the songs of the suffering humanity was the same 更多更详尽歌词 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔镜歌词网 Suffering knows no place, has no face The unknown tongue pierced my heart I rested at Kohima Relinquishing a dish of pork and rice I tarried on the serpentine road of the hills akin to the flow of rivulets
People stared at me, at the Qutub Minar At Highway 39, I paid the usual tax One asked, 'Oh, What is this big tall thing?' I replied 'Its nothing, just a pestle imported from Bilat by Meitei ema to feed her indolent sons'
I arrived at the bosom of the persevering Meitei ema Now I am at Sekmai Bazaar
While I was flirting with the pale brew While the onlookers were watching me with envy Suddenly from a black car the Chief Minister alighted
Said he to me 'Man what have you done How will I respond to Manmohan The government in Delhi is about to collapse Opposition accuses Manmohan has gifted Qutub Minar to Obama To support the tilting Statue of Liberty'
Said I to him 'Honourable Minister Saheb, Please convey to Manmohan When AFSPA is repealed you can take back the Qutub Minar Otherwise I will be on my own course Draped in a phanek I hope to install it at the Samu Makhong When my mother draped the barren papaya tree with a phanek It bored fruit Let me clothe the Qutub Minar with a phanek Tall and robust it might look becoming
And when they take the Qutub Minar The names of those massacred I will carve on it vividly and gift it back'
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