object:1.rt - Old Letters
author class:Rabindranath Tagore
book class:Tagore - Poems
subject class:Poetry
subject class:Philosophy
subject class:Mysticism
class:chapter
I found some old letters today
You had secretly treasured them like toys
With utmost care
As some tokens of your life
Lived in affection and love
In its devastating flow
Time sweeps everything
The sun, the moon and the stars -
From that all devouring flood
With a timorous heart you saved them
And tucked them up in a secret place
Saying, they belong to none
They are exclusively mine.
Since you are gone
Where will they get a shelter now
For there is none in this wide world
To put up a claim
Who has kept you now
As you kept these letters in your bosom?
Transcreation of the poem Dekhilam khankoy puratan chithi - from the collection Smaran by Rabindranath Tagore. Written after the premature death of his wife. Transcreation by Kumud Biswas.
Translated by Kumud Biswas
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