Who Sings? Poem by Madhav Sarkunde

Who sings?
That melancholic note
in the far away forest
Why my heart aches?
Why my mind upsets?
by that melody soaked
in the soulful music.
No! I must not stay
here in dull and stale
climes of plenty.
Here my creation is
nipped by easy delight
my vision is blinded
by the artificial neon.

Who sings?
That song of evening
in the sleeping forest
some notes of it
are familiar to me
they tell my story
I must go there
right now, No!
I cannot stay here
in this house burning
with desire for dime.

Who sings?
in virgin voice
Ah! I know it well
I had touched it once
with my soul's lips
that is not a song
that is silence in
the forest's heart
that is an eruption
of pent up feelings
of my dear forest
I must go there
I must go there
straight away!