Sunday, October 23, 2011


Tup tup tup


Tup tup tup
When the sweat drops
Fell in rhythm
The melted muscle nerves
Tuned the song

Song was born along with the work
And the work became a pal of song

In ancient times on the shores of rivers
Creating the dwellings when people lived together
In the path of hunger flames and
In the chase of fulfilling the hunger
The breath that struggled
And the exhaustion is the first song

In those troubling forts
In that ever niggling ruling
Bending the neck, when carrying
The palanquin of the boss
Go on go on and go on –saying
Striving from head to toe
Oho ohm, the breath  
Became the folklore


Wedding work in the house of
Village head
Sharing among them
The women of the village
 Started pounding the grains
The pressure on lungs –
 Sound of hus hus
Turned into suvvi a song
And it raised’ high up

With in the oceans tummy
Like balloons that end up
In the hug of death
Everyday of Lives
 In the spill of rain and breeze
Swooping and swaying
Swelled up the fisherman song ‘haileso’
From the voice of a fisherman


 Beautiful life of hard work
Within it elegant trail of tone
Enraptured in course of work
When nature turns into a tune
Enchants the body
 When the wind turns into a flute
From the hearts of villagers
The palankini chorus moved on

The tools in their hands

When the ringing of them becomes a lute
Weight of the faltering steps
As drums thud
Entire earth is a stage of work forfeit
Working brothers are the base of this build

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