Elite Thief Poem by Pradip Saikia

Who is he
Through the bedroom window
Voiceless impermeable night

Behind the flowers in the creeper
In the dust of moon and the snow
Who is that tawny haired nocturnal
The vernal breeze

The engrossed paramour

Is he the Narcissus youth from dreamland
Enchanted by his own image in the water mirror
In his eyes
Thousands of stars
invocation of light

Is he the nude David born out of my
thoughts
Boundless pleasure

Angelo was unaware of
Whose
Love
Passion
Amorous escapades

In his snake charming piercing look
I am inundated
Transformed
River of the earthly world

Whose forehead is flooded with kiss of light
My dazzling creamy buxom breasts
Theuncovered horizon

O the elite thief! Pour in the heart of the Ganges
The shiva with radiance of the sun

# Translated from Assamese to English by: Bibekananda Chowdhury