Voice Of The Conch Poem by Pradip Saikia

Echo
The boat has arrived
Srikanta
Alight in the wharf of Dhansiri

Where is it leading the tinkle of a pair of anklets
From the crimson light of darkness

The voice of a conch calls
From a deep gorge

In the southern wind
A naked top dances rotating on its feet
Faints, cries out
What is the ancient relation with this dream

Conscious-subconscious
In the bottomless bottom
The voice of the earthen conch
Cold frozen severe ancient

A dancing dream
What is the relation with an ash covered top

On the other side of the darkness
On the other side of water
On the other side of yours

With a water filled glassy dream

# Translated from Assamese to English by: Bibekananda Chowdhury