Happy Diwali

Wish you a happy and prosperous Diwali my friend!

You the ones who have a fine choice for the finest fire crackers

And you too who has made them in a dingy factory in Sivakashi or elsewhere.

I know you lost your right hand in an explosion last year.

So what, they paid you twenty five thousand rupees!

The hand that illuminated the world was worth twenty-five thousand rupees.

Wish you a happy and prosperous Diwali my friend!

Wish you a happy and prosperous Diwali my friend!

You the ones who have a fine choice for the best sweets

And you too who has made them in a sultry factory house,

Giving back salt to mother earth because she is sick of sweet now.

I know you don’t take home a piece of the sweet you make.

So what, you go back home with smells of kesar and rose water

Tell your small children to give you a hug and smell the delicacies.

Sweets are not good for children, my friend.

Wish you a happy and prosperous Diwali my friend!

You the ones who must buy a piece of gold at Dhanteras,

And you too who has made them in a furnace, blinding your eyes.

I know you are losing your eyes slowly and will lose them soon

So what, seeing this world is no good my friend

All that is gold does not glitter

Wish you a happy and prosperous Diwali my friend!

You the ones who worship the silver statue of Goddess Laxmi

And to you who has crafted her with your delicate hands

And are yet devoid of fortune and wealth.

The hands that create Goddess have no fortune?

So what, my friend, the material fortune is not for the creator.

Wish you a happy and prosperous Diwali my friend!

Let us illuminate our lives with the light that we carry in our heart

Not of those LED lights 

And lend a little to those unfortunate

Who have always mistaken glitter for true light.

Wish you a happy and prosperous Diwali my friend!