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| Mirjan station |
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| River beyond Mirjan. |
-Brian Mendonça
Twilight
at Mirjan station
The station master
waves his green flag.
Up ahead
darkness inches
across the river
Our train departs
The Matsyaganda arrives.
Subah hoti heh
Shaam hoti heh
Umr yoon hi
Tamaam hoti heh.
(13 November 2026
6.05 p.m.
Mirjan station
Karnataka)
Notes
-Written while travelling down to Mangalore on the 56615 Madgaum-Mangalore Passenger train.
-The Matsyaganda Superfast Express from Mangalore going up to Mumbai CST paused alongside.
-Subah . . : 'Morning breaks / Evening falls /
Like this our life / hastens to its end'. From Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810). Translation mine.
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