Why are you so downcast?
Leap across the gorge !
There the Sun drops,
Since the river is already there
It catches and hugs the Sun !
Do not look back,
The wick getting drowned in darkness.
As soon as the sky opens its eyes,
Pick the flowers.
I have heard the elders talk—
This year’s impending flood
Has threatened to wash away the paddy fields !
Why are you so downcast?
Leap across the gorge!
Only fire can make you shine like gold
A fall can make you bold
The light would not rise up from the depths
Only by wishing…
Source : HUMMING A PIECE OF SOLITUDE
Poems of ROUSAN ARA BEGUM
Translated by SYED AHMED SHAH
