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Mandakranta Sen
WHEN IT\'S ONLY YOU
I can tell from a man's eyesWhether he will ever
Be my lover
On roads, in buses, at friends' houses
Sometimes my eyes are pinned to
Vulnerable faces
I know one of them
Will make me drown
In salty devastation
Bursting irresistibly through the noonday earth
A sweat-drenched back will rise
One day
I can tell all of this
When you've only just
Appeared on the stairs
© Translation: 2014, Arunava Sinha
From: After the Last Kiss
Publisher: HarperCollins India, New Delhi, 2014
From: After the Last Kiss
Publisher: HarperCollins India, New Delhi, 2014
WHEN IT\'S ONLY YOU
WHEN IT\'S ONLY YOU
© 1999, Mandakranta Sen
From: Hridhay Abadhya Meye
Publisher: Ananda Publishers, Kolkata
From: Hridhay Abadhya Meye
Publisher: Ananda Publishers, Kolkata
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WHEN IT\'S ONLY YOU
I can tell from a man's eyesWhether he will ever
Be my lover
On roads, in buses, at friends' houses
Sometimes my eyes are pinned to
Vulnerable faces
I know one of them
Will make me drown
In salty devastation
Bursting irresistibly through the noonday earth
A sweat-drenched back will rise
One day
I can tell all of this
When you've only just
Appeared on the stairs
© 2014, Arunava Sinha
From: After the Last Kiss
Publisher: 2014, HarperCollins India, New Delhi
From: After the Last Kiss
Publisher: 2014, HarperCollins India, New Delhi
WHEN IT\'S ONLY YOU
I can tell from a man's eyesWhether he will ever
Be my lover
On roads, in buses, at friends' houses
Sometimes my eyes are pinned to
Vulnerable faces
I know one of them
Will make me drown
In salty devastation
Bursting irresistibly through the noonday earth
A sweat-drenched back will rise
One day
I can tell all of this
When you've only just
Appeared on the stairs
© 2014, Arunava Sinha
From: After the Last Kiss
Publisher: 2014, HarperCollins India, New Delhi
From: After the Last Kiss
Publisher: 2014, HarperCollins India, New Delhi
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