Guna’s poem explores the complexities of affection, highlighting its silence and unresponsiveness until separation, exclusively for Different Truths.
It was gleaming with the gaze Affection is dumb, Affection is deaf, Like a speaker, it did not speak about the matter like a listener, it did not listen to Till the moment of parting it kept waiting in the eyes In the thick green of the desolate woods A tune is ringing faintly Gazing at the eyes I want to see Is it still alive? Oh dear! No way, no way Cleaving the heart comes out a curious sigh In the teary gaze is it still alive?
Original poem titled “Anurag tomar babe”
Translated from Assamese by Nirendra Nath Thakuria
Picture design by Anumita Roy
Guna Moran is a renowned Assamese poet and book reviewer, with over 300 published poems in international magazines and journals. He won the Creator of Justice Award 2020, and his work has been translated into several languages. Moran has published three poetry books and participated in poetry programs in the USA, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Mumbai, and in Indian cities, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, West Bangla. He participated in the VI Open Eurasian Literary Festival ‘Lift’ (2022).
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