The eyes of Ignorance
Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu
11. THE SENSE
Leave a lamp kindled,
I am alone in the dark,
an idol capable only of seeing.
12. IDIOT
However hard have I tried
to convince my soul
that I am not the only world,
it still cries fretfully in vain.
13. EMPTINESS
In this journey
I wish I could be
as unfamiliar as I am
to the previous
anonymous traveller.
14. DEVIL
The God lamented over
the solitude of being
among the devotees.
Helpless, he created the devil.
15. LUST
My lust is the incessant cry
longing to return
to the womb of my mother.
16. BLINDNESS
When the evil torments me
in the dark cell,
The good who is deaf
waters the flower plants in the yard.
17. TREACHERY
Once a devil
came to me seeking alms.
I gave him half of
what god gave me
in my bowl of stupidity.
Now I writhe about
eating the other half
unaware of its having poisoned.
18. A DONKEY IN THE STREET
Banished though repeatedly
I am back again
in this street like a donkey.
19. THE QUINTESSENCE
The unsuitable garments,
shabby underclothes,
a broken pair of spectacles.
I shall continue
standing naked
till you come to me.
20. THE WORKSHOP
Like the time in a
blacksmith’s workshop
I await you.
None of the tools
went out from here were
worthy of my needs.
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