Reciting the Most Powerful Poem in Marathi - Kana

“Kana” (literally “Backbone”)

“Sir, do you recognize me?”
Someone drenched in rain arrived,
Clothes torn, his hair dripping wet.

He sat a moment, then smiled, looked up and said:
“Mother Ganga came visiting —
Stayed in my humble home, and went away!

Like a bride away from her natal house,
She danced along the four walls.
How could she leave with empty hands?
Thankfully my wife remained.

The wall collapsed, the hearth went cold;
Whatever was, is no more!
She left one drop of water under my eyelids as blessing.

Now, with my wife, Sir, I’m fighting—
Throwing soil and mud,
Rebuilding cracked walls.

As my hand went to my pocket, he stood up smiling and said,
“No, no, no money, Sir—
I just felt so alone.

My home may have broken, but my backbone didn’t.
Just place your hand on my back and simply say—
Fight!”