Oh, Lonely Friend
Translation of poem by Rabindranath Tagore
— by Anjana Basu
(Reading Time: 2 min Approx)
In wonder at monsoon cloud thunder play
With secret steps you made your way
Like the night, silently, you slipped away
Today dawn’s sky shuts its eye the sad breeze cries
Clouds veil the shameless sky’s blue array
No birds sing in the trees, doors shut in every home
A desolate visitor on a deserted road you roam
Oh lonely friend, oh love this door of mine gapes wide
Don’t dreamlike vanish leaving me alone
The night my doors were broken by the storm
Carelessly not asking me you came home
Everything turned pitch dark
Blown out the lantern’s spark
Reached up to the skies but to whom
Lying in the dark, owning a dream
Did I know storms were your victory theme?
And then wake to see you there in front of me
In the emptiness that filled my vacant room.
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