Boating Poem by Pradip Saikia

Come
Alight in the night ship

Cross over the ocean of sleep
Floating
Flying
Sky
And
The horizon

Live your life in this twilight world
Bluish water
Company of conch
Take a dip in a dreamy sleep
Get drenched in surreal love
Let it be electrified
Let the bright waves flutter
Let the wild desire dance

Come
Lift anchor
Wear the garland of seashell
For just one night
In this journey
Horizon will be your companion
Unknown world
Fish of darkness
Watery storm
Marine bird
Endless dream of celluloid
Water enraptured in a lady's shawl

If there is dream
Cross over the sleep
Shoreless ocean
Come
Alight in my Mayurpankhi*


• A highly decorated yacht

# Translated from Assamese to English by: Bibekananda Chowdhury