Blue Bangles

(Image Source: http://sadiakhanainy.blogspot.se/2014/02/neeli-choodiyan.html)

words, caressing against his tongue

a plea, bitten, and molded

escaping from lips

"dear, will you wear them once,

these blue bangles that I bought

for you, from the land of the suns

dear, will you please,

for us, and me"

dipped in honey, sugar candy

those wet words

prick against my barren soul,

again

twisting my fingers

squirming, pain

those feared grits

my wrists wriggle

amidst the veins

green, no, not green

but blue

those blue bangles

mocking, now rests

gleefully on my weary arm

a sigh, bleeds and escapes

a sigh, painting the bangles in red

but yet they remain blue

blue bangles, leering in delight

how they crave for my withered plight

'how wonderful they look

the blue bangles

on your fair arm

shining with the delicacy

wouldn't it be unfair not to savor

this petite relish?'

coming closer, he leaned against my cold

his salacious gaze, boring me deep

my modesty, in his hold

wishes I planted, in that garden of yore

uprooted, plundered, rooting for the roots

my heart once fertile, now a desert blue

can this sand ever bear fruit

can my bleeding wings ever seek the truth

soaking in his moans, tear lingering the corner

of my hopes, shed and shred

he cried in delight

I shuddered in pain

who cares what I feel

'cause I am not taught to complain

a sudden clink, and the bangles break free

tearing me apart, they mercilessly flee

and fall down on the marbled floor

the bangles blue

now, painted in red

waves forever lost in shore

Fourth translation ... and yes, this does seem challenging. Translating something originally written by one of my favorite writers, Sadia, and that too in a language I never really learnt formally, is indeed quite a challenge. But yes, it was fun, and satisfying.

I hope I did justice to her original creation, so beautifully penned in the link below:

http://sadiakhanainy.blogspot.se/2014/02/neeli-choodiyan.html

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