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    translated from Bengali to English by Kalidas Bhattacharya


    Ferry Of The Soul by Kalidas Bhattacharya

    Ferry Of The Soul


    Kalidas Bhattacharya


    [At the end of the following poem, the poet shortens his name to "Kali" as
    well, to pun with the name of his goddess.]



    Oh Tara, ferry of the soul,

    help me get across!

    I've fallen into the waves

    and don't know how to swim.

    My body is a worn-out boat

    laden heavily with sin.

    What can I grasp, what can I do?

    I can't cross

    this ocean of existence

    on my own.


    I thought I'd go to Banaras,

    and live the holy life

    while waiting to die.

    But I fell into the waters

    of the ocean of desire;

    now I'm drowning again.

    I can't reach either shore,

    they're both so far away.

    You're the ferryman in the middle-

    the poet Kali's only hope

    is Kali at the helm.





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