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  • Lies : Sankha Ghosh
    translated from Bengali to English by Angshuman Guha



    I am fairly good, says everyone, okay in the main.
    The only flaw I have, it seems, is lying now and then.
    On the train to Ghatshila, pitter patter clatter,
    I am talking to my ma and pa, nonstop is my chatter.
    Suddenly, what’s this I see? All the passing trees
    Are moving like dancers, whirling in the breeze!
    I cry out, “Ma, look at that! A dancing drama skit!”
    But Ma rebukes, “Your flippancy is breaking all limits.”
    You know the zoo, I am sure. When uncle took me there
    He showed me the lion’s mane, the tresses of his hair.
    A few days later, in my room, feeling quite faint,
    Suddenly I see the mane in the peeling paint.
    In class next day, I tell Koyel, “I kid you not, I swear!
    In my room, a lion lives with a fluffy head of hair.”
    Hearing that, Miss rebukes me. “Never again,” she cries,
    “I want to hear you tell such tales, such nonsensical lies.”
    Since that time I have taken care. I control what I say.
    But what to do! I was so surprised just the other day –
    My eyes were drawn - up and out - to the sky of blue.
    I saw Tagore in an Autumn cloud. I do not lie, it’s true!



    অলংকরণ (Artwork) : Ananya Das
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