Pushpanjali, 24
Ah! Where to will you go?
In this vast and unfamiliar terrain
all alone will you be -
how will you find your way?
Ah! Where to will you go?
None of us will be with you,
none of us to talk to.
Stare as you can,
not any more, our love can reach you.
Ah! Where to will you go?
Sitting here, all of us will cry -
calling you with eyes blank and dry.
Occasionally, you may hear the cries
in that endless wilderness.
Ah! Where to will you go?
Harsh and vast is this world.
All of them, they find their own way.
You - the apple of the eye,
suddenly, on the way to eternity!
Whom will you count upon?
Ah! Where to will you go?
Those you may fervently long to see,
dear and near ones will not be around.
Ah! Where to will you go?
Look at these flowers bloom,
anxious with the advent of spring.
Every day, with abundant love,
the breeze brings back
your happy memories.
Ah! Where to will you go?
All those games we played
and loving memories
of numerous stories.
All those rounds of joys and sorrows,
woven together,
how to forget?
Ah! Where to will you go?
Now, forever, will you be a stranger.
This room will not be yours any more.
Those who embraced you once
will be like aliens now.
Even once, don't you want to return?
Ah! Where to will you go?
Ah! Where to will you go?
But do go, if you must.
Wiping your tears - go.
Leaving sorrows behind - go.
May you get there
the rest and peaceful sleep
you desired here.
If you want to, do go.
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