Hello Sir! Please Open the Door!
By Sahadev Poudel
Translation by Sanu Ghimire
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Knock! Knock!! Knock!!!
Hello Sir!
Please open the door!
I been waiting for years and years,
Carrying the heavy luggage of anxiety and fear,
From hill to desert, warren
From mountain to ocean, warren
Crossing all the barriers,
Several like mine had plunged in oceans.
Several like mine dissolved in the hills.
To make a pleasure dream to come true
Please open the door!
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You opened the main gate with warm invitation
But now you are pretending to give the recognition
I been counting the stars for years
Watering your garden with my sweats
Planting my youth energy and fate
I drenched with night dew
I hit with a rainstorm
Burnt in the hot sun
Shrunk in the snow
For warm dream to come true
Please open the door!
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You said:
"All men created equal by god.
We all are similar
No discrimination
Everybody deserve the dream and joy
This is not only mine
It belongs to all
We all are responsible
For its rise and fall
You taught that
We all have to build up it
And get the same share"
So Sir!
I am here with trance and expectation
For the start of conciliation
Please open the door!
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I am not rebel or abductor
I am just an alien, a peaceful creature
I have arrived here with disquiet of nation
Taking the loan of home,
Without hurting you
I have collected happiness at my own
Following your ideology
I have forgotten my ideology
Rambling in your yards for years
I am becoming a stranger in my yard
Hello Sir!
For the respect of human being
Please open the door
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It’s all right Sir
If you are not opening the door
But why did you make to wait for years?
After increasing the crowd in portico
Why did not you ask to return to domicile with cheers?
Now your words are heavy for me
Really, your promise is weighty for me
For the sake of your promise
Please Sir! Open the door
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Remember that:
You also have come crossing the hills, desert and rivers
Similar to me, fighting with many barriers
Now you are inside
I am outside
Equality of opportunity is not implemented
I am still waiting with hope and anticipation
For offering me to stay inside,
For the respect of equality
Please open the door
**The door has not opened yet………… The struggle is going on**