Ektu paa chaliye bhai (Speed up a little, brother )- Subhash Mukhopadhyay

We have kept Lenin standing at Dharmatala

By the tram depot.

A flock is picking up grains of rice from the garbage and eating away,

Digging into the dustbins.

Lenin is watching.

A village man came to the city to see a doctor and turn into a destitute hence.

Much before he could manage any of it, he was left penniless

By a pickpocket.

Lenin watches on.

The girl who was taken away in a taxi

At sundown,

Has come and stood again under the tree

Yawning as the night falls.

Lenin is watching still.

As he kept on standing, Lenin was yawny too.

Suddenly I saw him all stirred up and steady

I turned, following his gaze

Wherefrom advances a huge parade of labourers holding red banners.

I thought I heard Lenin call out,

The century is ending-

Speed up a little, brother, speed up!