Spartacus

Slavery is born of

The shame of bondage

Spartacus

Fights

Against civilised men

To become human

Is killed…

By the Senate (primitive democracy).

In this

Reverse order

Of change,

Every time, in civilisation

Is born decay

And against it

Every time is born

Spartacus

From primitive democracy to

Modern democracy,

In the cycle of change

In every era is killed

A Spartacus

And the killer?

The same old one

.

[Poem by Comrade Mahendra Singh translated from his collection of poems Keemat Chukati Zindagi]