Don'T Make A Futile Attempt... Poem by Ch J Satyananda Kumar

Telugu Original: Vijaya Bhanu Kote
English Translation: John Satyananda Kumar

Don’t ask me, what have I done to my country..
Don’t ask, how many times I had pawned my day to day life to corruption
Either to liquor pored out to me by politicians, or the money doled out to me by them
How many times I sold off my nation’s future for a hundred or thousand bucks, don’t ask me
All that I know is only one thing
My life.. my day should pass peacefully without any problem!
All that I want is only one thing
Collecting the loose change thrown on me by government
What is society…don’t ask me such great questions
Financial inequqlities… poverty, penury.. I don’t care for
Corruption…anarchy are not visible to my eyes
Construe it as my selfishness or a torrent rain on a bison, I won’t mind
I am an average Indian!
Country, society and scorching problems.., ask social activists about them
If about the future of the nation, ask the leaders who are confident that the government is theirs for the next hundred years
But, I always celebrate well the Independence day… because after flag hoisting it is free holiday
Mine are trivial mistakes…don’t point out them
Look at the great robbing scams…, question the exploitation of fake godmen
Don’t try to probe my offences… don’t attempt to crucify me to the flag post
Don’t goad me to dream of the reveries of social equality
Don’t try to drag me out of the circle I have drawn around me
I won’t change! ! !
Can you change me? ! !
Don’t make a futile attempt! ! !