Lament For a Generation

In the quest for more and more material profits and advantages, we are forgetting the simple things in life.Like Vidya balan says on the radio in Lage raho munnabhai,
"Reth pe nage pair kab chale the, yaad nahi"

If any one has seen the movie Bawarchi ,starring Rajesh Khanna ,he says,

It is so simple to be happy
but so difficult to be simple.

So this piece is an ode to the lack of simple pleasures in today's world

Gone are those wonderful days,
When we looked forward,
To jumping up and down in the rain.
Oh!! Those beautiful moments

I ask myself; what has happened,
Where has the carefree child gone?
For the only thing that awaits him,
Is the drudgery of the grindstone

The pleasures of childhood,
Which were a license to play, play and play,
The things that made growing up enjoyable,
How have they gone astray.

It is indeed a pity and source of sorrow,
a situation of hoping against hope,
For I am sure, those old days,
Would never be here again.

My heart wants to scream,
In silence and in pain,
The question will haunt you, I am sure
Where have the good old days gone.

PS :The title of the so called lament is taken from the chapter title in the book O JERUSALEM by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins