To Yamuna

Oh! Yamuna!

Are you bowing

To accept

The garland of death?

Is the city of Mayan

On your banks

Transforming into

The city of Yaman?

Are you embracing

All the thoughts

Getting decayed

Throughout the city?

Are all paths

Being filled with

Severely hurt

Dignity?

Are pellets

Of political shrapnel

Being piled up

In the alleys?

Is nothing found

Other than truth

To be sacrificed

On the altar?

Oh! Yamuna!

Are you becoming

Night

Even in the day?

Where is light?

Is it buried

In deep mud

In the gorge?

Are you consuming

The whole smoke

Of the sins that

Emanate from the city?

By Ismail Meladi

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Yamuna: The city of Delhi is situated on the banks of river Yamuna.

Mayan: According to the Hindu mythology, the city of Delhi was created by the Sculptor Mayan.

Yaman: According to the Hindu mythology, Yaman is the lord of death.