Protestors flash their mobile torches in the memory of 40 farmers who lost their lives during the 2020protests in Ghaziabad. Protestors flash their mobile torches in the memory of 40 farmers who lost their lives during the 2020protests in Ghaziabad. 
There is no doubtour lives have fallento such depthsthat people, unconsciousthink about killing themeselves at nightI thinkI should be a watchmanand keep them awake.
—Translated by Jasdeep Singh
isa ch koi shakk nahin
jivan ene dumghe
toian ch digg pia hai
ki behosh lok ratam nun
khudakushiam baare sochade ne
main sochada ham
chaunkidara karam
te inhan nun jagade rakkham
Lal Singh Dil, Punjab
(Lal Singh Dil was a Dalit Sikh poet from Punjab. A rebellious poet coming from a hard-working, environment in Punjab, Dil’s life was punctuated by hardships and his zealous efforts to overcome them. In the midst of his radical politics, it was his poetry that struck an emotional chord with readers.)
(Jasdeep Singh is a translator, film writer, and technology worker based in Mohalic88 game, Punjab. He has written dialogues and scenarios for Panjabi cinema and theater. His writings and translations have appeared in the Scroll.in, Cafe Dissensus, India Today, and 91st Meridian. He was part of the editorial team that brought out Trolley Times, a newsletter from the farmers' protest site. He curated Parchanve, a blog on translated Punjabi poetry. During the COVID years, he started an online reading group to study the poetry of the 16th-century poet Madho Laal Shah Hussain.)