Wherever You Go
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Wherever you go
I am with you
Did you not hear the breathing?
Like cranes fly in the air
Stars transform their places in moon light
Being a tourist you went to Karshiyang
Did you not hear the other sound of feet?
Who removed the lock of hairs on a side of your cheek with a blow?
You are brave
You keep open your all windows
You hold a comb before a mirror in midnight
The way Botticelli had painted the night-gown worn portrait.
I see your slender figure behind the darkness of louver
The indifferent writings of lips
Slight ups and downs of bosom
Not a begger, nor a thief or ghost
I stay with you like guard all night
When I see you, more than see you,
When I do not see you.
The way withered garlands say that who came
Sparrows know
For whom I have been waiting for
Cardamom seeds know
Whose lips are to be scented
You are busy, you are alone, you like hidings of inner side
I scream like a monk
Give a sight of you, give a sight of you
Afterwards I wipe my eyes
I say smilingly
Wherever you go, I am with you.
Translated by Suman Das
Original poem Tumi Jekhanei Jao by Sunil Gangopadhyay
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