My eyes are sleep-laden, <br />I return home taking with me songs of fallen crops! <br />Everything held secret is gone, — how long a dream lasts? <br />The sunset returned with its rose hue, —it does not resemble one! <br />Two stars conversed all night long, <br />Our face remains on earth all night long! <br /> <br /> The night has progressed well, <br />Yet, I hardly felt it all these years! <br />Those who I never saw in daylight, — they all came in gloaming’s time; <br />The ones I never saw in the dust of the road – in smoke – among the crowd — <br />In my dream, I heard splash of water in the container, — the sound of bangles! <br />Under the night sky, I discovered them – aided by starlight! <br /> <br /> My eyes were all awake <br />I witnessed many colored-cloud-cover skies in the twilight and before the sunrise! <br />Alone, I returned to the rustic crop field so many days! <br />I tiptoed in a shady day by myself only like a flouncing butterfly <br />For so many a time! —In many inauspicious time, covering the meandering path <br />My trance ended, — the playhouse of my imagination came tumbling down. <br /> <br /> Both my eyes are sleep-laden <br />I return home taking with me songs of fallen crops! <br />Everything held secret is gone, —how long a dream lasts? <br />The sunset returned with its rose hue, — it does not resemble one! <br />Two stars conversed all night long. <br /> <br />[Original: Sharati Ratri Taratir Shathe Taratir e Kotha Hoy (Bengali) from 'From Jhora Palak - A Fallen Feather', Translation by: A.H. Jaffor Ullah]<br /><br />Jibanananda Das<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-star-converses-with-one-particular-star-all-night-long/
