Текст песни: Alchemy + перевод

Down with dog position, locust,

cobra, standing tree.

I am the motherland expanding,

pregnancy unplanned in the 21st

century.

More than our people, our culture,

our country, I’m ALCHEMY.

Raag main taal, rhythm and

Melody.

Conceived when Shiva breathe the

kiss which died on the lips of his

bride Parvati.

Desi, Gora, Kala I’m every grain of

rice in your Basmati, every spice in

your Garam Masala.

I’m the turmeric stain on your

Gandmother’s hands.

I’m eena meena dika die dama

nika retika flames on your penial

gland.

I’m the mala beads slipping

through her fingers like display

seed of sands through an hour

glass.

I’m the jigsaw made from the

shattered fragments of the past,

pieced together in a way that

works for us.

A billion strong and uprising and

it’s impossible to ignore us.

The interwoven of

Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada,

Marathi, Hindi, Kashmiri,

Malayalam, Nepali, Punjabi,

Sindhi, Telugu, Tamil or Urdu

Ginger, Chilly and Garlic.

Brahmin, Kshatriya, Dalit… Touch

me for I’m no longer untouchable.

Capable, practically inescapable.

No longer unaccountable.

I’m an accountant, I programme

your IT.

I’m the Chai, Latte, Ice Tea.

That the Chai Wala stares at

Moongfalis…

He sighs. On the rise of the

middle class whispering their

upwardly mobile mantra.

Thank God almighty, I am free at

last.

I sing «Tumhi ho mata Hindustan»

as I smoke beedis, chew paan and

watch Bollywood DVDS starring

Akshay Kumar and Shahrukh

Khan.

Remixing Prayanaam by

whispering my mantra «I am a

disco dancer» under my breathe. Profound, primitive and

superstitious. Spread of Canada to

Australia, Trinidad to Mauritius…

I will always be INDIA.

The impoverished child that bangs

the window of your ambassador

car.

The old man who instead of

clapping his hands simply says

«Arree WAAAAHHHH»

I am Saraswati whose veena was

later remixed into the shape of a

sitar just like «Om mane padme

hum «of the tabla drum became

the «ta teri kit… tera te…» to turn

tables and a mixer.

I am the rickshawala.

I have the white Tiger, a survivor

rising up in the drive to progress.

I am the distressed heart of Delhi,

Calcutta’s cloaked streets,

Bombay’s blocked arteries and an

accumulation of stress… yessss!

I am HINDUSTAN.

In the land of Ustad Ali Akbar

Khan and Kaun Banega Crorepati,

Krishnamurthy, Vivekananda,

Tagore and Arundhati, and pot

bellied

elephant headed superhero,

Ganpati.

Om Shanti…

I am the monk’s saffron rope. I am

the scent of the cinnamon,

cardamom, clove. I am the air

thick with the rain and the funk of

the monsoon.

I am the silver moon that Shiva

wears for hair clip.

I am the unsanctioned love

marriage between Bharatnatyam

and backflip.

Converse trainers under Kurta

pajama and salwaar kameez.

I am the thunder of the storms on

the horizon weeping the solidified

tears of Rudraksha beads.

I am ALCHEMY.

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