Creation
K. Padmakumar *
Deep inside the dark realms
Of life and death
I seem to see a light
Sometimes bright,
Sometimes dim.
The more I inch my way forward
The farther moves away the light.
At a certain point in time
I do feel
The line of demarcation
between light and shade is
As thin as a rake.
Since the creator
Has tightly knotted
The knot of creation,
Afraid I am of leaving behind the dark
And go towards the light.
If the knot of thread made of bamboo strips
Is slightly loosened
The quite flow carrying honeyed water
Along the river,
Will run tastelessly against the current.
( translated from my late father's Manipuri poems Leishem by K. Radhakumar )
* Poem written by K. Padmakumar and translated by K. Radhakumar which was published at Hueiyen Lanpao (English Edition)
This poem was webcasted on October 02, 2013.
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