I REMEMBER

¼^ esjh Le`fr esa a¥ yhyk/kj txwM+h English translation by GPBahuguna½

(The amazing glow reflecting your face

is shaking whole forest with reasoning

in remembrance of me)

Upset by fears unmistakable in your eyes

Every particle making the air moist.

Many doubts terminated into reality in the past,

But we ended unfulfilled whenever we tried it

Unblemished

We kept rushing into each other scared.

How to understand those relations one by one now.

The trees have quietly put on new leaves

But I have to stay on single path

To come out free from the obscurity of family

I have to grow up in my profession.

I am content

As if this obscurity supports my untold happiness

I am watching my dreams turning into dark.

By going deep into roots

The time is coming out through leaves

If this were my destiny only

Then this will not match the color of your lifestyle,

The colour of your eloquent mood.

The malady accompanied by remedy on spears,

And the flowers accompanied by airs on trees

will never cease to attract

The morning is again moist with dew after dust storm.

The smoke of your hearth

Has changed the color of your coat.

Moving you extreme back and extreme forward with continuity

In a span of one year

Who is that reflect you into those unhesitating eyes, tell me.

Toady again the drama of past regret repeats its show.

I continue to think in this limp light

Walk steadily into my darkness

I shall not burden your simple head with poems but place my hand on it

All the lost paths ultimately terminate into your home

In gossips

Within ourselves we try to cover-up each other by blots

Whatever may be the truth but

It is not in decency,

It is better to bear blame or carry bad name

Than to live in ordinary happiness

So that the old women could blame the times

You can treat me as your convenient problem

But I have come to remind you

What has become of that manly courage now?

Wandering for two days in the shine of our innermost desires

We had explored the jungle

By visiting our condemned places like prisoners.

Without assigning any title in my name

Whatever may be the unknown punishment

It all goes together without surprise these days

As if to enjoy celebration.

Translation into English by Govind Prasad Bahuguna