Conversation with river

It was, after almost 50 yrs I was in a, city I grew up 'Kanpur'. I went to my favorite point where we used to play in sand, eat freshly plucked muskmelon, watermelon and splash in the waves of river. I closed my eyes and sat there. But some thing was, amiss. No it cannot be the same river whose water we used to scoop to quench our thirst while playing. So I asked the river :

I :

What is thy name,

O mighty river,

Who flows so majestically,

And creat musical notes so pure.

I sit by your side,

Watching the confluence of nature,

And beauty created by mankind.

But do forgive me,

I forget your name,

I implore you,

Tell me what is Thy name.

She :

Call me Yamuna,

Call me Ganga,

Call me by any other name,

I am a river.

I may look black, blue, red or white,

I may be small,

I may be big,

Yet I am called River,

And that I think, is my name.

I:

Oh River I know,

I know you are a river,

But why are you so hesitant,

In divulging thy name?

You take offense at my failing memory?

But how can you forget,

I have grown old,
Sitting by your side.

My sight  is weakened,

My legs won't support me,

Yet I remember your majestic beauty,

I have enjoyed since my childhood,

I beg you,

Tell me what is thy name?

She:

O lady!
I remember once my children,
Tiny, small and big,

Used to live happily,

In me.

You all creatures,

Used to enjoy my bounties,

I was called the lifeline of you all.

Unlike you I do not grow old,

Yet like yours,

My memory also fails me,

The fishes are dying,

My banks are no longer the same,

All the happy noises are gone.

I feel suffocated,

I am dying,

For reason unknown to me.

Oh lady do you know the reason?

I also implore you,

To tell me,

Why I am dying?

My memory also fails me,

Ask others what is my name,

Find out and let me also know,

What's my name.

I:

I squished my nose,

Oh what a foul smell,

The banks are dirty,

And water soiled,
I opened my bleary eyes,
Oh who did this to my Ganga!

I hung my head in shame.

I got up eyes downcast,

Walked quietly away,

I did not have courage,

To tell her,

Her name.

Her cries,

Save me! save me!

Could be heard far away.

With folded hands,

I said;

O! Ganga Mighty Ganga,

Do me a favor one last time,

Forgive me,

My Ma! forgive me,

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