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What words does the bamboo grove speak today?
What does the bamboo grove say today?
Alas, grieving its fallen leaves,
Alas, grieving her fallen leaves,
It responds to what it sees with mute face.
She responds to what she sees with mute face.


In the storms of dust,  
She has lost her verdant beauty,
It lost its green beauty.
All grace blasted away by dust.
In the cane and kadamba groves,
In the cane and kadamba groves,
The sweet spring breeze no longer blows.
A pleasant breeze no longer blows.


Awesome Lord, what is Your game,
Awesome Lord, what's Your game,
This scorching fire, this heartless sport?
This scorching fire, this heartless sport?
In this desert thirst, the skylark sings:
In this desert thirst, the skylark sings: