Thirst - Khourangba
Jodha Chandra Sanasam *
O thirst!
My endless thirst!
You keep distancing away out there
further and further away from me
beyond the horizon, beyond the expanse.
My longing for you, to be with you
or to keep near you
has become another thirst
yes, another thirst of mine eternal.
I know
you persist in me ever
I can never grasp you though,
and now you have become my obsession.
Today in addition to the thirst for you ever
it comforts me yet
only when this thirst of mine
parch me to the depth.
O dear! My thirst blithe!
Just to think of you
my thirst becomes another thirst;
and you are my happiness eternal.
It is when my thirst for you visits me
that a vista beautiful spreads before me
and there, I pick up my pen to write.
Again it drives me crazy to think,
'Will this come to an end some time?
All this thirst, endless,
would it come to an end!'
If this thirst of mine comes to an end,
won't there be anything left for me
not even another thirst of another kind?'
To think of that again
it has become another thirst;
and added up with it
I grow thirstier ever further;
for I do not want my thirst to go away.
I find peace and propitiation
when you torment me.
Thirst
Is it coming to an end
this thirst of thirst?
How will I spend my days to come
if this thirst of mine leaves me?
This thirst of mine for love,
this thirst of mine for endearment
this thirst for my possessiveness over you
this thirst for my thirst!
Thirst
Manipuri : Khourangba
Translated by. : Jodha Chandra Sanasam
* Poem written by Prof Jodha Chandra Sanasam for Hueiyen Lanpao (English Edition)
This poem was webcasted on February 10, 2015.
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