Teach Hindi to the French,
Really?
Shrill voices. Deafening roar.
Gibe.
Followed by thought
Really?
Shrill voices. Deafening roar.
Gibe.
Followed by thought
Why do you want to teach it, they enquired
To survive perhaps?
Me, tongue-tied,
Sure, it's a new language, I tried,
For you?
No, for them
Sure.
I'll teach them basics,
to read it, to write it, to speak it
To survive perhaps?
Me, tongue-tied,
Sure, it's a new language, I tried,
For you?
No, for them
Sure.
I'll teach them basics,
to read it, to write it, to speak it
I know the language,
It's mine too.
Of course,
but can you teach it, the concerned voices again.
Of course,
but can you teach it, the concerned voices again.
And then laughter.
Hearty and jovial.
Don't we like a good joke, they quipped.
And wiped their eyes
And laughed some more.
A Parsi teaching Hindi to the French
That one we've got to see.
Hearty and jovial.
Don't we like a good joke, they quipped.
And wiped their eyes
And laughed some more.
A Parsi teaching Hindi to the French
That one we've got to see.
It must have seemed funny to them, I'm sure.
Why didn't it seem funny to me?
