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10-Affection for You

Affection for You

It was gleaming

with the gaze

Affection is dumb

Affection is deaf

Like a speaker it did not speak about

the matter

like a listener it did not listen to

Till the moment of parting

it kept waiting in the eyes

In the thick green

of the desolate woods

A tune is ringing faintly

Gazing at the eyes

I want to see

Is it still alive

Oh dear

No way, no way

Cleaving the heart

comes out

a curious sigh

In the teary gaze

is it still alive

Guna Moran

(Original Assamese poem titled “Anurag tomar babe”)
Tr. © Nirendra Nath Thakuria
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