Dis­tract­ed in her sad­ness, the girl
took her child and board­ed a train
mean­ing to get off
at the sta­tion called happiness

The sta­tion came, she got off too
but the hap­pi­ness she desired
had turned for her
into an impen­e­tra­ble sadness

the sight of which filled her with such agony
that she took her child and board­ed a train
to get off at the sta­tion called sadness
which was where she had started

 

 

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY RAHUL SONI
 

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