Distant Melody
A song the wind brought
In the winter evening
From the distance ,
through the paddy fields
Brown with stubbles
Where the cattle grazing ,
Calves sucking mothers’ milk ,
Egrets flying above
And landing
To me while resting a while
Weary of the journey
At the solitude
Of that riverbank
Looking at the stream
Of the river flowing slowly
Down its winding course .
Oh! Singer,
Do you know
The beauty of your song
As I listened then ?
By: Bijayata Akham
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