Current Poem by Pradip Saikia

Whose transparent face is wafting
On the circle of water

Hazy shadowy memory

The smile that fades after a flick of lightning
Winkless stone eyes

Whose house hit by rushing gush of flood
In the heaven of water
The voice of god
Has been absorbed in the pin drop silence

In the necklong depth of the mirror
Bird and the stars
Fly in pairs

Playing kabaddi
The scream of the current
Is coming
Breaking the circle

# Translated from Assamese to English by: Bibekananda Chowdhury