World Play We have got to dance throughout the life To whose tune that we don’t know We have got to sing throughout the life Whose song that we don’t know We are toys of clay that have got to dance Who makes us dance that we do not see We’re someone’s flutes to have got to sound Who plays us that we do not see We have got to sing someone’s praise Forgetting our own selves We have got to work for someone Getting no rest for ourselves Taking different roles we have always Got to perform the world play We are just actors laughing crying dancing Our roles we’ve learned to play
Translated by Nirendra Nath Thakuria
Durgeswar Sarma (b.1882-d.1961) was an Assamese poet and playwright.
Nirendra Nath Thakuria, retired Associate Professor of English, is a translator.