IMAGINATION / Anjan Sen
From the Kalpa began imagination
From the leaves of the Meghduta , a grey cloud
Floated down in front of us.
The Kalpadruma shuddered
Gold Silver dust kept falling
Diamonds coals mud kept falling
The eyelid flickered
One bird is flying become Bihag
A woodcutter was gathering wood from Kalpadruma
(TRANSLATED from Bengali by Amlan Dasgupta)
collected in TIN BISSE DIN RATRI (1987) , original title :kalpana
NOTES :
Kalpa=endlesstime ,fulfilment of desire , concept of creation and destruction.
Kalpadruma= kalpa-tree , Bihag = Indian evening melody (raga) ,Meghaduta
Anjan Sen / JOURNEY
Flowers bloom in the footsteps of one who goes
Pulluig away all attractions and burdens
And while going ,sweat stains the chosen path.
Flowers bloom , the journey becomes meaningful.
A flurry in the path of speech
Oblique attractions
Starled , one hesitates
And goes again
And in going words become fire and water
Earth and universe.
Speech continues
And the earthly rhythms of common speech
Become verses
Going .
1989(Translated from Bengali by Amlan Dsgupta ,Collected in Goudbochon Kothon Bisswa ,1993)
Anjan Sen / Flow
And flows goes on
Standing rock- deep in the holy river , the hibiscus sky
Where hast thou come O river
The flowing locks of the destroyer , in mountains
When the fire of the skies cool, water
Drenches the soilo and soothes the eyes
Life flows on through the rain,
And men discuss it as hope
And sing its praises
Call the river their mother,
Sing hymns
In their primal , magical belief
Sky rain mountain river water
Flowing
1989(Translated from Bengali by Amlan Dsgupta ,Collected in Goudbochon Kothon Bisswa ,1993
Odd.. very odd.

