“Bhalobeshe shokhi nibhrite jotone”

Inscribe my name, beloved,

With care and affection

In the temple of your secluded heart.  

Trace the beat of the music

That plays in my soul

In the anklets on your feet.

Caress in your loving embrace

My cooing bird of songs

And hold it your palace-garden.

Do not forget, beloved, to tie

The friendship band I gave you –

Along with your gold bangles.

Pluck a bud from my creeper

Unmindfully, and place it

In the curly arrangements of your hair.
 

In my fond memory

Paint a vermilion dot on

Your fair forehead.
 

Let the sweetness of my enchanted heart

Melt and blend

In the scent of your body.
 

Collect the broken pieces of

My distraught life and death to mingle

With your unparalleled glory.

Vincent Dip Gomes is a fourth-year student in the Department of English, ULAB.