Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
(Translated by the author from his original Bengali Poem.)
On the wide lap of the sky
Descends the Night:
Starless and dark,
A veritable history of failure.
The proud mansion of the rich
And the sorrow-stricken shed of the poor:
All is enveloped in darkness.
Darkness alone looks on the face of the earth.
The Eagle of Night comes–
The flapping of its strong wings
Comes from afar.
Night comes–
She comes over you and me,
And over the wide throbbing breast of the city.
Darkness brings with it
The long-looked-for end of discord;
The heart of the earth beats very slowly;
Only the secret breath
Of the disembodied animals is heard.
On your eye-lids, too, my darling,
Descends the soft darkness of the Night.
Wipe away from your mangled heart
The burning sensation of pain:
Sleep, sleep sweetly, my girl.
Weave, weave thickly,
In your soft and silken hair,
The thin fibres of rich darkness.
Let me sit up alone,
With an anxious craving in the heart
For the light of the unseen Sun.