ঢাকা ০৫:৩৪ পূর্বাহ্ন, বুধবার, ২১ মে ২০২৫, ৬ জ্যৈষ্ঠ ১৪৩২ বঙ্গাব্দ

Faleeha Hassan

  • আপ : ০৯:৫৭:৩২ অপরাহ্ন, বুধবার, ৪ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৪
  • ৩৯০ ভিউ :

The Wagon
So, like a man inured to failure,
We climbed aboard the wagon,
And The driver, only the driver,
Began to listen as the cadence of our deprivation
—Thud. . .. Clunk. . . and so on-
-Infiltrated the wagon’s pores,
Starting with that first dirt road.
Our lives’ parasols disappointed us
When we shared sorrows
Without fancy titles,
while Reaping lethargy and frustration.
It wasn’t only the driver, or The horse, or Our heads
That looked meager;
The wagon’s outlook did too.
by Faleeha Hassan
Translated by William M. Hutchins

Faleeha Hassan

আপ : ০৯:৫৭:৩২ অপরাহ্ন, বুধবার, ৪ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৪

The Wagon
So, like a man inured to failure,
We climbed aboard the wagon,
And The driver, only the driver,
Began to listen as the cadence of our deprivation
—Thud. . .. Clunk. . . and so on-
-Infiltrated the wagon’s pores,
Starting with that first dirt road.
Our lives’ parasols disappointed us
When we shared sorrows
Without fancy titles,
while Reaping lethargy and frustration.
It wasn’t only the driver, or The horse, or Our heads
That looked meager;
The wagon’s outlook did too.
by Faleeha Hassan
Translated by William M. Hutchins