God of the Heart

I am thinking this time,

I will give freedom to those few words

That are aching within the bondage of silence.

I will release some memories and experiences

From their cage and show them the way out.

The long-held anticipation within me—

I will no longer shape it into poetry.

The love treasured deep inside my heart,

I will scatter and distribute it on the streets.

Knowing the familiar faces very well,

I will purposely treat them as strangers.

All the numbers saved on my phone,

I will delete them now.

I do not wish to give any reply

To the challenge you have thrown.

You know very well whether I win or not—

I will never let you lose.

Under the curse of your hurt, silent pride (Abhimana),

I have now become a stone at the bathing ghat.

If you wish, you may wash your feet upon it,

Or you may take it to carve the God of your heart.

— Ratnamaya Tripathy

Adhyayana, Balangir

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Original Odia : Ratnamaya Tripathy

Translated by : Dr. Khyatimaya Tripathy