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Could I ever forget him

by Lalan
(1775? - 1891?) Timeline

English version by
Deben Bhattacharya

Original Language
Bengali
Yoga / Hindu
Muslim / Sufi
19th Century

Could I ever forget him
since I delivered my heart
at his feet?
His beauty enchants my eyes
round the compass
wherever I steer myself.

Though all call him black,
He is not black.
He is the glow of the moon--
the black moon,
and there is no other moon to equal him....

 

 

-- from The Mirror of the Sky: Songs of the Bauls of Bengal, Translated by Deben Bhattacharya

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Themes

  Heart
  Moon
 
 
 


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