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Alas, if this life has not received the bountiful gifts from your hands;
My Mind still knows about it.
Your sudden fleeting lights and shadows 
Trace a picture of elegance in my world of thoughts.
The frail summer river rarely gets the gift from full tide, 
But she still flows from one bank to another in hesitant steps to get some of that gift;
A thin stream of runaway tide touches her suddenly sometime, 
And she drinks that to quench all her thirst and feels immensely blessed.
All my timid yearnings too beg for fulfillment, 
But whatever comes to me, however small, flourishes.
I tend all my collections of day's scarcities with utmost care, 
To prepare those Gifts for the dream of my night.

- Translated by Sheuli Peden (Nath)

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