Where To Civilization?

Whore to this world ? What speed-Science ? Which Way-History ? What turmoil-Time ? Is this that heavenly paradise of civilization ? Where at every step there's a corpse Where for a few glittering coins maidenhood is lost Where jackals throng the Faded-flowers ! These smoldering houses, palaces, helmets This famine-brought, apprehension This doomed-earth, this Bomb-shelled sky Is this science-man's invention ? Endless stream of bright-blood as pall-bearer Is this History's advance ? Antagonism between Man and man Is this Religion's progress ? Bullet-marks on Book of Religion Is this the continent of Christ, Shakespeare, Shelley ? Is this the land of Gandhi, Subash ? Atoms in hand, war-maps in mind Is this the message of Lincoln, Washington, Eliot ? Are these the teachings of Vedas-Upnishads and Gita ? I meditate- With this acceleration Where to this Science and Earth Take man's Destiny ? For how long- Will this world live ? It's never too late, there's still time- Leave these destructive armaments Clear your eyes of the film of Gold Love and eulogize this EARTH and In Unison, Chant That song of MOTHER EARTH In Rhythm Eternal. (Translated by R.P.Chaddah)