Child: Oh mother! Look, all the flowers on <br />This plant are flying away <br />Mother: No! You are wrong my child <br />These are not flowers, they are butterflies. <br />Child: Look mother! They look so beautiful <br />Going one on top of the other into the sky <br />Oh! How I wish to play with them mother <br />But like them I cannot fly… <br />Mother: Don’t waste your precious tears my child <br />By crying about things you cannot do <br />You can walk around and play <br />But can the flowers walk like you? ? <br />Child: Mother, can you tell me why these things happen <br />I shall give you a kissy if you do. <br />Mother: We know very little about the secrets of life <br />Though I know God created them for me and you! ! <br /> <br /> <br />P.S: This is a translation of the famous malayalam poet kumaranashan's poem 'Ee Valliyil Ninnu Chemme'. It is one of my all time favourite poems.<br /><br />Risha Ahmed (12 yrs)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/131-translation-of-kumaranashan-s-poem/
