Depressed Life

On that day I woke up at the crack of dawn

Cutting both my cheeks while shaving my beard hurriedly

Soon after wearing my crisp-ironed suit

I avoided my father’s shadow excessively;

On my way I forced myself to stop in front of your house

Your brother was standing with a piercing glare,

He shouted through gritted teeth, “Hey, what do you want?

You bloody fool! Don’t you have any work?”

Quite bewildered, I ran away from there,

Nothing is good in my life.

I have finished my studies but a job I cannot find

I try again and again but fail to catch the gold

Reading the newspaper in detail, sleeping in a minute,

Now and then I roam near your house,

Sometimes, I try to write poems about you

And I do my mother’s daily shopping as routine work,

The fish sellers made me a fool to buy the rotten fish

Everyday my sweet mother grumbles at my hopeless state

I tear my hair in sorrow and only cry,

Nothing is good in my life.

The idle time does not pass by

Still the clock does not stop

My father chases me every now and then,

“Do something, and take care of yourself!”

Again, in a new zeal, I pack my resume under my arm

All day round from office to office

The soles of my shoes eventually fall off,

Here, there, anywhere, no job is available

Sometimes, I wish to run away from life!

As nothing is good in my life.

I am getting older day by day

My mother now floats in her tears

There is only one wish in her mind

She wants to see her grandchildren before she dies

On my behalf, my parents went to your house

After returning home my mother wiped her eyes

Your father insulted my parents very greatly,

He said, “The boy is unable to even buy a lipstick!”

But how I can explain the futility of my life without you?

Alas, nothing is good in my life.