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Litterateur
November 2020
During the night of Insomnia
Shaswata Gangopadhyay
Sleep is such a mythical creature who before being extinct
has left upon my eye-lids the shadow of its last descendant. It
only lashes its tail restlessly during whole night, dry dust
flies with the strokes of its prickles,fibres fall off. I shut my
eyes,try to visualise a silent temple made of white marbles,-
situated at far off sea,- whose every bit of tenderness and
grace has polished its floor and walls. Imaginatively upon
those smooth walls I touch my cheek,lie down on the cold
floor of the temple,turn my body on the other side in fanciful
wet wind. Still I can't fold my two eyes.Have the watery
vapours of my eyes gone dry? I'am afraid, is it then called :
Dry retina syndrome? Even now finny fishes play round and
round my deep eyes,the dreams do not bend to search them
out. Only night,after finishing its run,brings the shinning sun
back.As if a Negro athlete after winning the race is returning
with the gold medal in his hands.
Translated by Rajdeep Mukherjee
Shaswata Gangopadhyay is one of the prominent face of Bengali Poetry,who
started his writing in mid 90s. Born & Brought up in Kolkata,he has profound
interest in traveling, adventure & classical music. His Book of Poems: Inhabitant
of Pluto Planet (2001) Offspring of Monster (2009), Holes of Red Crabs (2015)
