DEEN GAFOOR

 A POEM BY 

DEEN GAFOOR

Translated into English by Latha Ramakrishnan(*First Draft)

The last page of the book I had torn off yesterday

I have burnt today.

The reference page

I have entrusted in the hands of a friend.

The ashes of the book

I have not strewn on this earth

Nor buried underneath this soil

I have dissolved it in the foamy waters of sea

It became one with a giant wave

The trees would turn barren

The flowers wouldn’t blossom

The rain would not come down

The birds chirping wouldn’t be heard

So

I dissolved the torn page in the sea water

It is by reading the meaningless passages

attributing some sense to them

that I had to safeguard the last page of this book.