Had I been a river, I would have run <br />to meet the sea. <br />Had I been the moon, I would have floated <br />smiling on the sky. <br /> <br />Had I been a cloud, I would have poured down water <br />over the paddy and jute-fields. <br />Had I been a lamp, I would have spread light <br />in the corner of each dark house. <br /> <br />Had I been crops, I would have grown <br />being gold. <br />Had I been fire, I would have burnt <br />the body of an oppressor. <br /> <br />But if I had been a missile, I would have killed those <br />who bring only war on this beautiful earth. <br /> <br />[Translation of Bangla poem 'Akangkha' taken from the poet's first book 'Pronoyer Prothom Pap' (1996) ]<br /><br />Sayeed Abubakar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/desire-41/
