ABYAKTA SHABDA'RA ASPASTA AKSHYARA- AN ANTHOLOLGY OF PARAMBRAHMA'S ORIYA POEMS

jAHNA AAU MU

TUME KUHA MU CHUIENLE PIALA LUCHE AAKASHARE JAHNA
SAHI PARE NAHI MO OTHE MADIRA EBE BI KARE SE PREMA

JAHNA MANISHA JAHNA KU CHUIN JAHNA KU PREMA KALA
PRATI ABAYABE JAHNA TAHARA GOLAPI CHINHA DELA

SEI CIHNA AAJI KUSTHA ROGIRA GHUNITA GALITA BAHA
SHARAT JOCHANA BHINNA PATHIKA KU BATA BANA KARE JAHA

KAHINKI KAHUCHA PHERI CHANHIBAKU AAU SE AAKASH AADE
JAHNA SABHINKARA SEI BHAGYABANA JAA BHAGARE BESI PADE

JAHNA TOHARA SEI CHUAN SABU RAHIBA SATAYU HOI
MO DEHARE NUHA TO GOLAPI OTHE KALA DAGA RUPA NEI


TRANSLATION

MOON n ME


STANZA-1

I AM SHOCKED WHEN YOU SAY THAT MOON CAN NOT TOLERATE WINE ON MY LIPS. I AM ASTONISHED WHEN YOU PERSIST THAT SEEING ME IN SUCH A CONDITION THE FULL MOON SKY VANISHES IN GRIEF.

STANZA-2

MOON LOOKED ENTICING ON ITS FIRST TOUCH, I SAW HER FELT HER AND SIMPLY LOVED HER.

MY LOVE WAS NEVER BIASED OR ONE SIDED. THE BEAMS OF MOON CRAFTED BOUNTIFUL PINK BLAZES ON EVERY CHUNK OF MY BODY AND MIND.

STANZA-3

SUDDENLY ONE DAY I REALIZED THAT THOSE ROSY MARKS OF LOVE ARE NOW LOOKING LIKE SCARS OF LEPROSY. I WAS SHOCKED EQUALLY WHEN SOME OF FRIENDS TOLD ME THEY HAVE ALSO STARED DREAMING ABOUT MOON IN THE DAY TOO. AND MOON HAS BECOME SPLENDIDLY PINK THE WAY IT ALLURED ME ONCE.

STANZA-4

NOW
WHY YOU FORCE ME TO LOOK AT MOON ONCE GAIN??
EVERYONE LOVES HER
AND ONLY THE LUCKY ONE GETS A FAIR SHARE

STANZA-5

HOWEVER, MOON MY LOVE, DO NOT BLAME THAT I WAS NOT A GREAT LOVER. ALL THOSE PINK MARKS WILL EVER REMAIN AS BLACK SCARS ON EVERY PART OF YOUR BODY.