23.SOLITUDE

Oh! Lovely mother, where do you hide?

Away from your lonely little child?

Whom, before years, you painfully left

With tears, from your feeding breast?

Delay not to rescue the little bud

Anguished, anew, from thorns wild

Secluded to be willy-nilly tough

A blank sky, starless, dark and rough.

A motherless kid, away,away, afar

Deserted in lonely abode, abandoned ashore

Of thickened life stream; recall

Do not close your vision, your soul;

For neither a gentle touch, nor a smile,

Nor a word soft, nor anything awhile,

Nor a jasmine bud, nor a crimson rose,

Nor any dew drops, nothing can arose

Except the gentle breeze, the drizzles

Of motherly love; from all puzzles.

Sleeps in a coffin, a lovely bride

Deaf, dumb and blind to her kids beside,

The blossom goes to the silent unknown valley

Of souls, from a delightful world, jolly.

Guest for a while; the home without you

A new moon night, garden of no hue!

No glimpse of trust, pure, white as snow

Faces fake, unreal, just a show.

Lifeless, a whitewashed polished tomb

How glorious! The life in your womb!

Feeling your fondle, hearing the lullaby,

The overwhelmed nectar, the life-giving honey.

From your heart, the heart of your heart,

The warmth enfolds, enfolds all part.

Oh! Lovely mother, where do you hide?

Afar from your lonely little child?

Whom before years you painfully left,

With tears, from your feeding breast?

Childhood, somber, colourless youth,

Passed through a glen, no one to soothe,

A solitary bird, isolated, never sang,

Alone in nest, in the depth of pang,

Not in the mirror of thought, even the face

Forgone, which faded early the space.

The lantern put out in violent storm,

But glows, glows brightly in home,

The white rose, withered, withered, pure,

Yet fills its luster still, still sure.

Motherhood, tranquil, a vanished dream,

The soul alive, alive as a beam.

Twinkles, inspires, cheers to spark,

A luminous crescent, in clouds dark.

Oh! Lovely mother, where do you hide?

Away from your lonely little child?

Whom before years you painfully left

 With tears from your feeding breast??