English Poem-- Call for love

            Call for Love

        ( 1 )

Open the gate

Of my defiled heart

Cleanse filth and dirt

Then shut the gate.

Make me adequate

For love, my Lord !

       (  2 )

Bring forth a new heart

Fill my brain with thought

Infuse new blood in my veins

Give me transmission belt

To hold the world tight

Make me worthy of thy love !

          ( 3)

Stars get gleaning

For worldly delight

But they move me not

Let one big star alight

Over my roof top

And purify my heart.

           ( 4 )

I crave not

Power and pelf

I lament not

What is not

A sordid heart, I regri :

Mend me mye Master !

           ( 5 )

Ifpain and miseries

Give the taste to life.

If strifes ay struggles

Strengthen  mind and soul

Put  me in trial

Remake me Maker !

            ( 6 )

After day's labour

Buffalo plunges into water

For me ? no reservoir.

Give me respite

Into the sea of love

Help ! Hey you Lord !

Subhash Chandra Ganguly

September 1978

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Published in Allahabad Kalibari

Magazine 1981