Both poems are translated from the Assamese by Bibekananda Choudhury
“The Third Day”
She is sitting to partake a meal
Pushing aside pangs of sorrow
No one dies of sorrow
Hunger remains
Till one is alive
Death gets dwarfed by hunger
“Eye”
Life would depart
Leaving the body lying on earth
Someone would cry
Someone would laugh
I would keep watching everything
I won’t die
At the death of my body
I stay alive
For long
Guna Moran is an Assamese poet and critic. He lives in Assam. His poems are being published in various magazines, newspapers, journals including The Sentinel, The Hills Times, Best Poetry, Tuck Magazine and translated into English, Italian and French.
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