Debjani Mitra Poet Free verse

It Still Hurts

* written in collaboration with my friend Malabika Ray Choudhury 


I thought my heart no longer flutters
an ache in its painful landscape
once wept in teary red eyes 
I wondered why it no.longer flutters.
 
crushed  in stampede of the world
perhaps in peace , crumbs of my heart 
meanders in emptiness of an open window
I wondered why it no.longer hurts.

And then I turn around to your thoughts...
your laughter... your.voice...
in flick.of a second, in alluring meadows,
hovering around you, my heart flutters,

Oh, it was never lost,  it still  hurts !


Dated 25th April 2021




* Inspired by and translated from a  bengali poem of Malabika Ray Choudhury 
Monta Hariye Geche. 
 
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Mahtab Bangalee June 15, 2021 at 11:26 PM an old wound carries the stain secretly though the happiness surrounds ecstatically

Smita Kulkarni May 28, 2021 at 10:08 AM Beautiful translation Debjani!!

JC Brul April 25, 2021 at 7:42 PM What a superb translation!!! This poem melts my heart. I could feel each word each line emanating from a wounded heart. The pain still there because love is still there!!!Looking forward for more translations!! A fave for me!!

Malabika Ray Choudhury April 25, 2021 at 7:39 PM Debjani, I am in awe! You have translated my poem so beautifully - it melts my heart! Really appreciate. We can collaborate like this again in future. Love and BW ~ Mala di