MAHI MOHAN TRIPATHY
About the decreasing number
Of tigers in the jungles
Everyone is concerned today.
Hunting tigers
Is also declared illegal
At places
Because the tribe of innocent tigers
Is exterminated
Devoured by a race of animals
More savage than them.
While tigers are rarely seen
In jungles
Human habitats abound with them.
“Tiger” “Tiger”–burning bright
In the forests
Of civilization’s night!
(Translated from Oriya by Brajakishore Das)