If you had attained an exalted status /
In this birth in a better and superior surrounding
You should know, then
Be it a Vedic scholar or someone belonging to
A different clan or caste, kindly remember
It does not make any difference,
They are one and the same.
Even if they belong to a lower strata ,say paraiyars
Did they not live here for long wi th us
Will they suddenly become Chinese, an alien
Will they cause us harm ,as one would expect
From other country men.
Here castes are countless in thousands
But does not mean the others, strangers
Could enter and make us uneasy and
Is there any justice in it ?
All of us were born from the stomach of
One mother.
There might be quarells, friendly fight
Kindly remember we are all brothers.
(Translating poet Bharathi, in poetic prose, Adelaide 2020)
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