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Arrival of Indentured Labourer
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Plumes engagées
Arrival of Indentured Labourer
Angkush Poonye.
À l’heure du tout à l’image et du buzz sans suite, «l’express» souhaite faire découvrir la plume de poètes, de chanteurs, d’écrivains et de tous ceux qui jettent leur âme sur le papier, et qui mettent en mots des réflexions profondes.
Little island there as our witness,
Observing us with passing seasons
Seeing us wither more than flourish
Concluding it as a life of toil
A fate that we had accepted but
Never succumbed to despair
Ever believed in our prayers
The mills and Girmityas running non-stop
Their sweats racing faster than clock ticks
For sugar harvests ought to expand
For Sahib’s jewels ought to gleam brighter
The Aapravasi’s destiny,
a puzzle with difficult meaning
decades of sacrifices and abandonment
Yet the candle of hope kept blowing
Reliving the memories of
my Baba’s once lush field
my Maa’s warm cuddles
as I observe my son taking his first steps
This little island, gradually accepting us
Imbibing our folk songs and traditions
Cherishing our race, colour and castes
Recognising our endless efforts
Wanting our legacy to remain
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Angkush Poonye
A Certified Chartered Accountant by profession and a poet by passion, he discovered his love for poetry when he was in secondary school. He published his first poetry book “The Aapravasi’s Legacy” in 2020, a poetry book which narrates the journey of an Indian indentured labourer brought from India to Mauritius in the 1800s. With his second publication, “As One People, As One Nation” in August 2024, from which this poem is derived, he hopes to inspire Mauritians, especially the youth, about the importance of being a true patriot, and help the rising generations to learn more about the times when Mauritianism made a difference for the people and their beloved country, where God continues to bless thee, forever and ever.
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