English

 

PEACE

 

 

And,

There started a ghastly war.

 

New-born, crawling hopes were killed,

Many young desires were trampled and exterminated,

Old faiths collapsed and went out;

But nothing changed.

 

Nothing did change;

Thorns of jealousy and malice kept on growing,

The tall wall of discrimination remained as it was,

The blemished sword kept on glinting,

And, enmity kept on sneering

In the hearts’ corners.

 

And one day,

She came …

And, there sprouted young buds of hope

In the deserted hearts,

Everywhere

There flew kites of desires in the disturbed sky-

There spread the light of faith.

And,

Life beamed once again!

 

 

INCOMPLETE VICTORY

 

 

They’ve come, leaving behind mangled corpses

They’ve come, leaving behind painful moans

They’ve come, leaving behind gruesome scenes

In the battlefield.

 

They’ve come, wearing the face of victors

They’ve come, carrying the euphoria of victory

They’ve come, embracing the joy

All the way from the battlefield.

 

They’ve come, conquering huge nations

They’ve come, defeating the new government

They’ve come, winning glory

All the way from the battlefield.

 

But still

They haven’t been able to win

The empire of hearts.

 

 

BELIEF

 

 

Since you’ve arrived

That rose on the table,

Kindly adorn it in the vase of your heart

And let the fragrance of love prevail.

 

Prepare two chairs on the terrace

And let’s park ourselves to some dear moments

Over the table-

Put a bottle of wine and a couple goblet

We shall have tête-à-tête-

Sparing some fragments of life.

 

Take a glance-

Over my exhausted wardrobe

Over the orphaned books, pens and papers

Over the cigarette stubs reclining like corpses

Over the faded mirror

Awaiting everyone-

Is your gentle caress.

 

On a murky brightness of twilight

Solitary you, appeared at my threshold

This jiffy-

All over my body

Gushing is a wave of love and affection.

 

Make sure

Not to shut that window panes

This is a belief-

Always my heart hath

Of your homecoming.