Lover's Gift

I loved the sandy bank where; in the lonely pods , ducks clamoured



And turtles basked in the sun; where, with evening , stray fishing boats


Took shelter in the shadows by the tall grass.


You loved the wooded bank where shadows were gathered in the


Arms of the bamboo thickets; where, women came with their vessels through the winding lane.


The same river flowed between us, singing the same song to both its banks .I listened to it, lying alone

 on the sand under the stars, and you listened sitting by the edge of the slope in the early morning light.

Only the words I heard from it you didn’t know and the secret it spoke to you was a mystery for ever to me.

From ‘Lover’s Gift’ by Rabindranath Tagore
Yes,we need dear river to speak to us and also to realise that there still lies a mystery and the mystery makes life difficult and yet beautiful.What say?