MY POEM

YOU
(From Album of International Poets)

Like well- conceived plot of a play
harmoniously knit
if I could get ,only,- a few moments
strung into a wreath !
scarecely have I said this to my mind ---
when, - you step in
dressed in gorgeous red and gold
bringing with you
the aroma of the summer eve
now cooling down !
The Earth is not a watermelon --juicy
we have gathered this from our experiences past
never-the less somewhere deep in you
there is a softness balmy offering solace
And if I chance to laugh it away
and call it an effect of
skilful setting of nerves
the dicovery of sciece ---
You cut short my loquacity'

As it grows darker
the stars shine brighter
and the vast void reveals the Cosmic wonder
of the Universe !
This perception alone is a fountain-head
of many a melodious tune ---when
dressed in gorgeous red and gold
you step in
bringing with you the redolence sweet
0f evening serene
and sit by me with an air of intimacy
eager to communicate.

(Translated from the Bengali poem of Phani Basu
by Umanath Bhattacharya)
( First Edition. 1981
Tagore Institute of Creative writing International, Madras-600090, India.)