LOVE  :   DEFINED

THE   JUICE OF A  HIGHLY DELICIOUS  FRUIT
AND   VENOM  DEADLY
HAVE GIVEN  YOU  A  PERFECT  MATURITY !

YOUR  EYES  SHOWER  NECTAR
AND PROJECT  A   SUBTLE  PAIN  IN  MY  HEART !

WITH  YOUR  TOUCH
I  GET   THE  PLEASURE  OF GLEANING  FLOWER
AND  THE  PRICKS  OF  THORN  AS  WELL !

YOUR  PROXIMITY  SPELL  THE  SMELL  OF  MUSK
AND  CREATE  AN   ATMOSPHERE----THAT
BENUMBS  MY  SENSES !

AND  THE  SKILL  WITH  WHICH
YOU  TWINE  YOUR  TENDER  ARMS  ROUND  ME
IRRESISTIBLE   LIKE   AN    OCTOPUS
I   NAME   IT    LOVE !
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Composed  in Bengali :  Translated  by  Umanath  Bhattacharya   for  the  
Book ; "  The  Murdered  Moon   and  other poems  of   Phani Basu " ;
now on  Internrt  (Googles).