English Literature – Poetry – The Guest – Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra - साहित्य एवं कला विमर्श

Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

The Guest

(The English version of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra’s poem revealing the truth of life पाहुणा )

I am myself on this earth

Like a guest,

I don’t have the right

To call the house as mine,

To call the things as mine,

To call the jewellery as mine!

Relationship is also not mine,

Relatives are also not mine,

You are also not mine,

I am also not yours,

Everything is but an illusion!

There is only one truth-

We have come to this earth only for a little while

And if we can spend it with love,

It will be the best!