The sorrow fixed the day,
we met beneath sal and Palash
In the winding lane to the hilltop.
I smiled like a king-hi babe, where is
...
Eyes, your eyes-
that draws me out
of world mundane,
I am flowing out
...
You were my starry night, darling- glittering with a smile.
A wind blowing from south sighing behind the screen,
...
Is Calcutta burning? The dusts and carbons churning in the
Wind? Is spring coming? It is mid march, Shana! Krishnachura
still casting shadow in the college square, a lovers' arbor for awhile
...
Somewhere in the rain-forest, it was drizzling still,
I went in search of a girl lost years ago in a full moon
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I never lost foothold on the cliff in that night
I clung to the mother-rock breast for life-
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Love came one day at my door just before night fall,
darkness biding its time, Sweetheart, you were not
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I can tell you a tale of water, creeping like a cheetah
caught them unaware, while they were dreaming the
Sunlight flooding the land of their forefathers with the
aroma of paddy- our guide telling us stories to spend
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I can not see the blue of the sea now,
the night sits down with her black cape
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