Sudipta Mishra, Puri, 3 May 2025
I wish to bask in the glory of a bed of roses.
I wish to see jasmines bloom on dreamy nights.
I also desire to celebrate with the fluttering buds flourishing in dazzling evenings.
Sweet faces that shimmer like stars!
I wish to remain in that everlasting bliss.
I lie in the quietude of the night,
brightly glowing,
free of any thoughts of ageing
and the decay of innocent souls.
This heart cannot bear
the pain of naive beings.
In the sweet lullaby of Mother Nature,
let me retire for a final sleep in solitude,
far from the fragility of this temporal world
and onto the path of impermanence.
