ILAMPIRAI

 A POEM BY

ILAMPIRAI

Rendered in English by Latha Ramakrishnan(*First Draft)

LET THERE REMAIN OPEN A LITTLE

A TINY WINDOW STILL

If you feel like detesting or dismissing someone

Please go on

If that person

is affectionate towards you

Just pause for a while

Just as throwing those pebbles

gathered with immense love

from the river where water

of thousands of years flows on

into another one more ancient

so deep down

that couldn’t be hauled again _

throw away your memories

softly O softly

with care and concern

After blocking it with iron-planks

and so barricading

please don’t cover them urgently; adroitly.

with such urgency; so exhaustively

Let there be tiny water-drops

scattering for a while.

Please don’t bang the doors shut

All at once.

Let there remain opened a little

a tiny window still

Don’t go on pouring fire

forever

Suffice to have a piece of ember

For flames to rage on

Without swooning

with the thunderous silence

proving unbearable

Spell out the errors

and part ways

with a ‘Fare Thee Well.

always

Try giving this minimum compassion

at least

as a parting gift to the other one

Please.

For

No matter what -

The Other One loves Thee

you see.....