Paraphrasing II stanza
And yet, for these children, these windows, not this map their world,
Map is the symbol of world. But for these slum children this map is not the world. For them, the windows of their classroom are the world because they have not gone out of these windows.
Where all their future is painted with a fog.
For these children, the world is limited to their classroom windows only. Their future is painted with a fog means nothing is clear about their future.
A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky
Far far from rivers, capes and stars of words.
Their world is limited to a narrow street where their slum is. The lead sky has sealed their street. The sky is full of lead because of pollution. They are very far away from rivers and other water bodies. These rivers and capes appear to them like distant stars which have been mentioned in their books only.
And yet, for these children, these windows, not this map their world,
Map is the symbol of world. But for these slum children this map is not the world. For them, the windows of their classroom are the world because they have not gone out of these windows.
Where all their future is painted with a fog.
For these children, the world is limited to their classroom windows only. Their future is painted with a fog means nothing is clear about their future.
A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky
Far far from rivers, capes and stars of words.
Their world is limited to a narrow street where their slum is. The lead sky has sealed their street. The sky is full of lead because of pollution. They are very far away from rivers and other water bodies. These rivers and capes appear to them like distant stars which have been mentioned in their books only.
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