Just a duty-bound Hatred | by Musafir Baitha

Ran the gamut of love talk from their side
Even as they kept sowing hatred in the soil
Inside Outside Ceaseless
They nurtured hatreds one-sidedly
We could not reach them one bit
Whether we extend love towards them or hate?
It was all always already decided by them
Nothing from our end at all!
They were our judge all the while our transgressors too
Where lies our potential to hate?
We remain but just duty-bound
To respond on their hatreds.

[Translated from Hindi to the English by Mridula Nath Chakraborty]
~ऑस्ट्रेलिया की एक ऑनलाइन पत्रिका Cordite Poetry Review के 01 अक्टूबर 2016 के अंक में मेरी ‘कर्तव्य भर नफ़रत’ नामक कविता ‘just a duty-bound hatred शीर्षक से इसके अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद के साथ छपी थी।