Extinguishment Poem by Sukumar Choudhuri

Slowly, the consciousness gets clarified
A quiet, pervading wakefulness prevails
My creations speak of
infallible renouncement.

I ask myself
Why does a dense person
prefers rarefied isolation.

In the dim light
Peeping through bay-window
The formless shadows
cast illusion of a crowd.

And I realize
How my poems
are gettind condensed
day by day.....

Nirban
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translated by Kamalesh Bandopadhyay