The short summary of the poem "The First Book" by Amrita Pritam
"The First Book" by Amrita Pritam I was there—And perhaps you as well, Standing perhaps a breath away, Perhaps perched in the darkness of a vision, Perhaps moving on a turning point of consciousness, But that was a tale of prehistoric times. That was our existence, yours and mine, Which became the first language of the world. Words were coined to identify me, Words were coined to identify you, And they wrote in that first language, their first book. That was our tryst, yours and mine, We slept on a bed of stones, And our eyes, lips and finger tips, Became the words of your body and mine. They then made translations of this first book. The Rig Veda was compiled much later. Summary and analysis Amrita Pritam was an Indian novelist essayist and poet who wrote in Punjabi and in Hindi. She is considered the first prominent female Punjabi poet, novelist and the leading twentieth century essayist of the Hindi language . She produced over hundred books of poetry, f...