I remember the bygone days
When in youthful age
At frosty, chilling nights
We used to buy leathery-shelled peanuts
From a street vender
And enjoy the warmth of quilt
While nibbling the nuts.
And during the summer vacations
We used to rush to the field channel
Flowing near our hometown
To enjoy the mango parties
Sitting under the Neem trees
And rejoice swimming
In the pleasant stream water
Our elation didn’t end here
On return from the mango party
And the swimming in the field channel
We used to take bath
Pouring buckets over body
Of natural cold water
Pulled from the well in courtyard of home.
Temperate climate has vanished
When there used to be long winters
And short and mild summers.
Frosty and chilling winters are no more
Now, during the long summers,
Planet Earth turns into an oven
The sun seems closer to the Earth like a fireball.
Nor the moderate summers
To enjoy the nuts at winter night
And mango parties in summers
At the banks of field channel.
Temperate climate has vanished
When there used to be long winters
And short and mild summers.
Frosty and chilling winters are no more
Now, during the long summers, planet Earth turns into an oven
The sun seems closer to the Earth like a fireball.
Climate continues fast changing
Monsoon passed with scanty rains
The autumn feels like the sweltering summer
Water resources depleting
Wells are no more, field channels dried up
Drought and deforestation threatening.
Every season has now turned to be the autumn
When the river waters begin receding
And the pale, dry leaves start falling
Making the trees bald
Soulless atmosphere overwhelms the evenings.
