Would Anyone Now?
Shamsur Rahman
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Rahman Page 1

(Translated from Bengali by Shankar Sen)

Would anyone now at this late hour
     stretch his hand to me?

In the thickets around my recollection
a deer weeps in sheer desolation.
Dry leaves crushed inside my chest.
     The night like poison, bitter and sour.

Undecided I stand,
a culvert close at hand.
I turn my eyes and see
      the culvert falls like a crumbling tower.

Shall I happily enter this homestead?
On a doorframe I hit my head.
I stand outside my face dejected.
      Baring sharp fangs the wolves glower.