This Is Why
Dr M Priyobrata *
Except the news of deaths and despairs
Except the thousand dust tormented streets of rural Manipur
Except the madding crowds of Kwairamband
And except the horribly hopeless politicians
I love thee, Manipur, in all my spiritual reverence
With thy greeneries feasting our eyes
Singing in unison: Life is work here
And the Loktak lake is where
Human dreams meet memories for ever
Making her the centre of Manipuri humanism
The antibiotic of our emotional ailments
I love Manipur with the sum of ten thousand hearts
And today
When this humble soul is her lap
Pain becomes my art
Musing deeply hurt in a vision
The vision of what should not exactly happen here.
My ink travels high and deep
From the Heaven of poetry
To the hell of poets
And this is why this is why, my mother,
I bow down at thy feet
Never to say good-bye for no cause.
(Translated by the poet himself)
* Poem written by Dr M Priyobrata for Hueiyen Lanpao
This poem was webcasted on May 29 2015.
* Comments posted by users in this discussion thread and other parts of this site are opinions of the individuals posting them (whose user ID is displayed alongside) and not the views of e-pao.net. We strongly recommend that users exercise responsibility, sensitivity and caution over language while writing your opinions which will be seen and read by other users. Please read a complete Guideline on using comments on this website.