Walking along
Heading for the Citizenship Court
Kent Street
I have been here seven years
Yet the same question
Where do you come from?
Cyril Dabydeen, South Asian - North American poet. Goatsong 1977.
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7 comments:
Ah! the never ending immigrant experience; caught simply yet beautifully in those lines.
I like these lines very much!
The poem has great philosophical depth, I must say!
Simple and striking
Dil karta hai sawaal to apna sa lagta hai..
duniya vohi poochhe to lagti hai paraayi si :)
gud wrk, reading ur post will definitely enrich my urdu....
arfi:
it really never ends, once it starts...
anon:
me too...
tapasya:
it can be read more generally as questioning accepted identities and really probing one to think "where do you come from?"
illusionist:
that was a simple and striking comment as well...
introvert:
well said...it all depends on 'who' asks the question...
shival:
welcome to these pages! I think we can all pick up urdu together here from the masters...
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