In a dark night

In a deep dark night

One lonely beggar

rambles and

mumbles saying

" please,Oh please

let me understand.

I am your son of light,

yet you spread the dark blanket

in front of me

and hide your own face behind.

Here I bang my head mournfully.

In a sunset darkness

you keep writing letters.

Teach me ,

oh teach me ,what they mean.

The flute of your soul

plays so many tunes

for so many days.....

and today is that day

you play your final song

unknown

unknowable."

( this is a song written originally in Bengali

By the famous poet Rabindranath Thakur ( tagore)

I consider myself a hopeless translator

but possibly to my hearts content I have recreated.)