(A translation of the poem by Jibanananda Das)
Like the white boat on the Ocean, Like a dewdrop in the sun, Like a quiet lamp in the Temple,…
The Humpback Hampster High School In Toyling Tinsel Town Has sixteen yellow buses that Go up the town and down.
Hours of moonlight are long past. The trees stand silent in the dark As if in hiding, from cool gusts…
When life gets hard And the noon is high And your eyes are sore and red. Your jammed head hurts,…
(A translated take on the song written by Anand Bakshi)
Hark! The clotted nimbus rolls! The sky reddens in pain! The Nib of Death has woken, child, The Nib writes…