<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=411314" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Potted Banyan</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Somebody had pinched it</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of its swiftness and vigor</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Its might, its hands</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Its roots, its girth</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Its fearlessness that could</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Challenge the sky</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Somebody somebody</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mercilessly, gradually</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Beautifully had stolen away all</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Its mettle, stay-put spirit</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Against hammering winds</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Had been manipulated</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s now bent in absolute obedience</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Even at the command of mere finger-tips</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They cashed on its innocence</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And made it believe</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This life, here, is</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Beautiful and attractive</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Full of green in youthful vitality</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Extended to a hundred yojanas</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With umpteen uses</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once upon a time</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It had spread its kingdom of life</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Alas</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now potted</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In two fists-full earth</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now reduced</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To arid eyes looking for water</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Somebody had pinched it</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of its swiftness and vigor</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">*Telugu original by Vinnakota Ravi Shankar</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Indira+Babbellapati">Indira Babbellapati</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=411314" data-title="Potted Banyan de Indira Babbellapati" data-description="Somebody had pinched it Of its swiftness and vigor Its might, its hands Its roots, its girth Its fearlessness that could Challenge the sky Somebody somebody Mercilessly, gradually Beautifully had stolen away all Its mettle, st..."></div> </div> </div>

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