Devdasi By Devkant Barooah Poem by Syed Ahmed Shah

Devdasi By Devkant Barooah



Whom? to whom would thou offer
Thy hearts hidden treasures,
Thy finely chiseled form? to God?
Our love cannot quench His eternal thirst,
O’ the luckless one.

God needs blood, only red blood He needs
From wounded Human hearts;
And to Him you are offering your love?
On whose feet cries the unrequited offerings
Of Rambha, Menoka the celestial nymphs!

(D.K.Baorooah)

Devdasi By Devkant Barooah
Friday, August 7, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: love and art
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Translated from an Assamese original by Syed Ahmed Shah
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Syed Ahmed Shah

Syed Ahmed Shah

Guwahati, Assam, India
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