স্রোতস্বিনী আছে, সেতু নেই/ Rivers, untamed by Purnendu Pattrea

Rivers, untamed

You said step into the sunlight, I thought I did

You said light a bonfire, and so I lit it.

One must sell every saved up happiness, you said

And so I auctioned them all.

But still here I am, alone.

You have made me lonelier than before.

Even my solitude you split into a hundred shards

Before scattering them like seed across soil and sea.

Because of you, I took off my finery and threw it away

That great forest you showed me? Why I have hacked at its very heart.

Whenever you asked for something I poured out my soul

But still here I am, alone.

And still you mean nothing to me

And I am no one to you.

Within us great rivers rage, but we have not built any bridges. Yet.


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