Bengali Poetry

My Other Me



Like an arrow freed from its bow, my heart's longing races forth.
Where does it go, if you ask,
I seek refuge in mystery,
will not speak even my own name.

I and my soul bear witness—
the moment I come near you...surrender;
bound by the reins of love and desire,
from this very self
I become invisible!

I dissolve
into your being!
I forget
my very name!

O you who are all of my everything,
you are my affliction
in which happiness lies hidden.

O my 'you',
my 'I'...
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