An
Ode to Kejrewall by Fellow Politicians
(with apologies to Gulzar's translation of 'Kajrare,Kajrare' from Bunty aur Babli
Kejrewall, Kejrewal'
Welcome to our muchmaigned tribe
With such a vicious tongue do you
paint us all, as scums of the earth, ,
That we politicians feel a knife
through our reputation
We have lost
our name, fame and status; now take your eyes off us,
O merciless slanderer!
After all, it's people of your own tribe
you're destroying.
With your half lies and
quarter truths
Kejrewall,Kejrewall
Your kaale-kaale exposes about us
Are kajra re naina for
u know and we know they are kale-kaale
black nothings, (kajra re nai-na)
Your allegations, innuendoes and insinuations spoken with venom,
speak our own language
Your barbs leave a mark on the helpless mango
people
When you speak you spit
venom but
betray the goal you
seek after
Your words have the fragrance of kimam, spiced and flavoured with hot masala
You say, like we do that your heart
bleeds for your countrymen
You are like anyone of us grinding
our noses in muck
You are smarter than us as you put on
the Gandhi cap
though un- Gandhian like ,
Your words all times cross the limits
and you destroy all decency.
But even while doing so, you cleverly keep your eyelids
downcast,
because you wish to see only the dirt
Slander us, slander us
We are so used to slandering others that it does not hurt when
the slanderer
is also one of our own tribe
We still remember meeting you in Jantar Mantar. The entire city greeted you
with ‘I am Anna Cap’ as symbol of their love.
From
Jantar Mantar to Ram Lila grounds to Ambedkar stadium, your rise is
Higher
than Goliath.
There
are no Davids in the horizon to fight you
In the
name of IAC, you have taken away Anna’s crusade
To save
Anna from fast unto death
Kejrewall, Kejrewall
Politician, thy name is Kejrewall, Kejrewall
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