Prayer

Photo: Kazi Tahsin Agaz Apurbo

God,

Bless no more lyrics to my lips.

Let them run dry,

Let them say no story.

And don't make my ears vision tunes-

Tunes of love,

Tunes so melancholic.

Bless no more dreams to my eyes.

Let them run blank,

Let them see no hope.

And don't make my heart melt twice-

Because I'll die,

If I'd see more dreams breaking.

Bless no more senses to my skin, Lord.

Make the nerves numb,

Make them feel no breeze.

And don't let my leaps take turn-

As I shall burn,

If I'd feel the sky again raining.

And just set my mind apart, Dear God,

From dreams I have longed for times.

Because the world would not set out their yachts

To stream down in the river of my love.