Hunchbacked
Hunchbacked
Burdens of all kinds and sizes
Are forced into a gunny sack
Against my pride, on my back
Painfully, though, with all my strength
I am barely able to walk my day
As for my grief, alas, with tears
And my fighting youthful spirit
I am obliged to hold you all on the curb
The heat of the sun,
Together with burning asphalt
Make my journey far more difficult
And the path feels never-ending
My sweating feet
Glues my foot arches to my slippers
And I experience the aches and sores
The fatigue and curving of my spines
Hunchbacked, due to weariness
Dehydrated and exhausted carrying my loads
With vapors like coming from my head
Burned and tanned, my tongue is dried out
Finally, I made it, and the charge
Is finally taken away
Nevertheless, hunchbacked I stay
As I am unable to correct my posture
My spine curved badly, my face in sweat
I move to a nearby tap to quench my thirst
I wash my face and wipe it
Using my sweaty shirt
I hear my name,
I have to make another trip
Another gunny sack
Awaits to be delivered
Hunchbacked, I answer
Bring it on for me.