After the school hours
On sizzling hot summer days
A dozen of boys
Naked dives
In childish joys
Whirling the pond
In dhib dhab sound
From all corners
And a bearded old man
From a wooden chair
Umpiring the play
Cheering to encore
Time is fleeting
The pond is dead
A pile of sand
Asleep in its bed
The old umpire
Nowhere around
The pond is thirsty
Water is not found
Copyright@ Dillip K Swain
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem