Naturelied

(Based on Rabindranath Tagore’s song ‘আকাশ আমায় ভরলো আলোয়’)

The sky filled my being with light,

So shall I do the same – with melodies.

The wind will blow the sweet harmony,

Chromaticing the air with unusual colors.

The Butean flowers – on this very day,

Spread their crimson flames everywhere,

Making the mind burst out,

In a chromatic symphony!

The sky filled thy self with light,

What shall I fill it with – melodies?

In the flower fields, where the south wind blows,

The heart cannot stop – beating madly.

The tender leaves rustle joyfully,

In the soft sunlight of the azure heavens.

O Mimosa! Your sweet laughter,

Is concealing some tender secret,

Which the traveler – being mesmerized,

Will find happily – nothing.

O! Your sweet smell,

Has attracted my heart to your melodies!

The sky filled me with a new light,

And so shall I fill it with my songs.

The wind – blowing evermore with the harmony,

Chromaticing Nature with wondrous colors!

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M.Macabre

07.08.2020

Dedicated to: Rabindranth Tagore, D.P.D.