Sitting in the riverside and looking the nature
Observing the groups of fishes in the river water
Having a glimpse of moonlight in the night
Amusing the legendary stories of the songs
From the large size loaded country boats
As a useful conveyance facility through the river
was such an experience of happiness in those days
where motor boats, speed boats of the present times
Road traffic was in limited numbers
That too through the mud and gravelly roads
Varieties of river fishes with beautiful colors
Uniform movements as the swimming experts
Feeling themselves as in communion with me
Not an exaggerated thing but only facts
The groups of fishes ups and downs in water
with their little ones always in the river
No one attempted to destroy the little ones
Only hooked and caught the big ones sometimes
Still they grew and numbers swelled
No one made annoyance to them in their habitat
It was a pleasant thing to see them in river water
Stresses and strains of livelihood no matter
Sometimes there came the real danger
Teams of people with dynamites came there
Clandestinely exploded in the water for a catch
The big ones and the little ones all died
Things continued and disastrous consequence there
No varieties of fishes in the river at present
Together with the pollution from the market
The water itself contaminated and no fishes
Or any thing else that can live in the river water
Like a mixture of oil, water, and chemicals
That flows in place of the beautiful water system.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Once our rivers were full of varied kinds of fish and to see them fearlessly swimming in the water was a real joy. Unfortunately man's greed and the abominable pollution of all water sources have resulted in the extinction of many a variety of fish....! How we wish if we could exercise a little more caution in keeping our rivers unpolluted! A true picture! Enjoyed!