The Grand Children Were Telling To Someone! Poem by Dr.V.K. Kanniappan
The Grand Children Were Telling To Someone!
Nowadays, with his meek moaning voice
..Keeping his palm just over his eyebrows,
A little bit shrinking of his eye lids of both eyes,
The people who come nearer and who go away,
..the people who comes nearer to his neck and ear,
and speak since ‘he suffers with lack of hearing',
The elderly man speaks with hands in shiver,
..with slight choking cough on and off for ever,
groaning due to the feeling of being isolated,
..agonizing along with cough destined,
The God of death comes with smile nearer every time
..and leaves him away at least twice a year!
That..
..Elderly man in that old age home..
Is said to be the father of the richest son
..Is said to be the father in law of the showy daughter in law,
The grand children who have come to see their grandpa
..Were telling to someone!
This poem 'The grand children were telling to someone! ' is a translation by me of a Tamil poem by Poet KaruNA alias BaalaGangadharan.
என்னவோ சொல்லிக் கொண்டிருந்தார்கள்
இப்போதெல்லாம்..
தனது கம்மிப் போய்விட்ட
குரலில் கையை..
புருவங்களுக்கு மேல் தாழ்த்தி
கண்களை கொஞ்சம் சுருக்கியே
வருகிறவர்களை.. போகிறவர்களை..
காது மந்தமாகிப் போனதால் கழுத்தருகில்
வந்து பேசுகிறவர்களை..பார்த்து பேசுபவர்,
லேசாக நடுங்கும் கைகளுடன்
செருமலுடன்..தனிமைப் படுத்தப் பட்டுவிட்ட
பொருமலுடன்..இருமலுடன்
சேர்ந்து வாடிக்கொண்டிருக்க,
சிரிக்கும் எமனோ
ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் அருகில் வந்து
அகன்று சென்று விடுகிறான்..
ஆண்டுக்கு இருமுறையாவது..
அந்த..
முதியோர் இல்லத்தின்
முதியவர்..
பணக்கார பிள்ளையின்
தகப்பனாராம்! ..
பகட்டான மருமகளின்
மாமனாராம்..!
பார்க்க வந்த பேரக் குழந்தைகள்
சொல்லிக்கொண்டிருந்தன..
யாரிடமோ! - கருணா (பாலகங்காதரன்)
Beautifully crafted poem..Hats off to you, Sir.. This is a pathetic situation of elder people in a country which was great in taking care of them in a joint family unlike many other countries..Let this poem reach someone who could make some change of mind to care the wretched old parents deprived so far!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/23/2024 9:13:34 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Read the poem both in English and Tamil. A mixed emotion of pity and longing is been shown and a true portrayal of the younger generation's attitude towards the aged people has been shown.
Thanks for your nice comment. I came to Vadapudupet Ambur Sugar mills about 30 years back when my brother in law worked as a shift chemist.