The way you look at me
Is so enlightening!
My heart totters in joy.
Your sight makes me emerald,
Your admiration makes me Exuberant!!
Don’t you know my lord?!
Your presence makes me feel complete
Your ignorance makes me useless!
Your smile gives me relief,
Your gratification makes me
The happiest person on this land.
Your tranquil face makes my world pacified.
The mercy in your eyes brings
All the glitter to me.
But when you leave my hands,
When my offerings don’t sooth you,
Then my life loses all the proximity
And my worship becomes worthless!
Oh, my lord, show some pity!
My heart is shivering,
The inner conscience of mine is trembling
And my soul is screaming your name!!
Your incognizance has shattered me in pieces
And your intolerance has decolorized my world.
My eyes are dithering to see you.
My fingers are quivering to touch your feet.
Oh pitiful, oh compassionate
Won’t you wipe away my tears?
Don’t you recall the days
When you kept singing
And I kept listening
being mesmerized?!!
Don’t you remember the nights
You passed stringing and
unstringing your instrument
and I accompanied you?!!
You may have hypnotized the world
With your enthralling music
But don’t abandon that I consorted you!
You may have filled the whole canvas
Called earth with your auspicious colours
But don’t forget that I carried your palette!
My silent tears keep dropping
But your stony heart doesn’t melt.
Where is your composed look
Which filled my heart with respectful compassion?
Your one glace shook my whole body
and heart and your voice gave me
a peaceful entity.
That fascinating glance has disappeared
And that peaceful voice Doesn’t speak anymore!
The garden of colourful flowers
Has turned into a lifeless, listless desert!
Everything has changed but
My silent tears are still waiting
To wet your golden feet
And to accompany you!!
~ Subhankar Das
Kolkata, India