Nameless Casteless

Shapon Majhi; translated by Stephanie McMillan

(In Bangla it is Namhin Gotrohina).

Darkness suffocates this side of the river.
The promise of the other side dissolves into darkness too.
How far must one travel
before seeing a bit of light?
Tiny waves seem to ripple through the smoke.
But beyond lie only motionless, fathomless depths.
Yet still someone wonders. The immortal child of the earth.


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