Banalata Sen (An Inspiring Woman Character) Poem by Swarnendu Biswas

From the blue, widest sea to
the deep dense woods wrapping
the dark shadows, travelled i
and travelled for an uncounted years.
In the mid of Ashoka forest,
an idle soul grasped my heart,
getting me lifeless, but from there
walked i a long distance
and reached the darkest city,
where the davil sucked the vapour of life.
But, i kept searching for you,
and that survived me, Banalata.

Thou hast the hair as a
dark shadow sleeping over the eternal night.
Thine face as like a sculpture,
carefully painted by the greatest artist of earth.
As a navigator in the mid-sea,
losing his path becomes aimless,
then thou, Banalata, directs him
the the right way to enlightened sand-bank,
like i also viewed thou in the darkness,
and thou asked me (where were you these long days?)
with the head held up as like a bird,
through the nest, peeping the outer-world.

After the day gets tired,
comes the night to rule over with crickety.
skylark removes the sunny-smell from its wings,
where the all lights of earth gets dim and dead, then
the creator-manuscript brightened with
the evening stars and get shining like
a thrilling story being dictated.
After the birds return to their nest,
after rivers close their mirrors,
over the half-world,
spreads and lives
spreads and lives
the darkness and thou, banalata, to inspire the dead-soul.

by Jeebanananda Das, translated by me.