Blanket of ripe blackberries is spread out In the empty courtyard smelling about The village girl sits squatted On the floor matted With chapped skin and cracked feet With attires neat Mingles with chapped soil Near by water boils Wild dogs just keep howling Wolf far off move growling Cows about to return home Buffalos on the muddy soil roam A lad swims over the pond humming Sweet pea flowers lay on sunlit roof smiling