Sundar Panta
You’re, therefore I’m!
I don’t know
whetheryou will be or not
You’re journeying faster
It is hard for me to believe why
I turn speechless,
Surprised!
Perplexed!
Tears well up in my eyes
How long will this body remain?
I can see through my eyes,
I wish, I could see always
together,
I wish I could live ever together,
I wish we could always
walk together,
I wish I could always
Sleeptogether,
I wish I could always
Eat together,
I wish I could always
laughtogether
I have the right to say so
I am your friend.
Dear friend!You’re,therefore I’m!
Today your beamingface has gone
pale! Your conviction
is withering
Your scholarship seems
to be faltering
Why is it that there is an
impression of being
far away from me?
From you I have yet to learn
to sacrifice.
I have to learn the
same determination.
I still have to learn the art.
I have yet to learn the wisdom
I have so much to learn.
Therefore,
You are and the mind is with you
You are and the hand is with you.
You are and the body is with you
So, you have to laugh,
So, you have to live.
Once again,
I would like to see in you
Full of laughter
And complete laughter.
Again, I would like to
walk with you
So, I have a right to say
that I am your friend.
Trans: Binod Duwadi
Bio of the writer: Sundar Panta is a poet and an award-winning lyricist and was awarded with Natyashwor Music Award-in 2019. Since he has already spent more than two decades of his life for community school education as the Head Teacher, he enjoys writing articles related to educational issues in the national papers.