Edik Odik (This Way and That Way)

      
Edik Odik
       
Edik odik o`nek ghure, phire elam gho`re,
Bidda, buddhi, kan'd'o-gge`n ghorbar po`the phele.
Bar'ite to chilo jara, cole ge`che kothae.
Khali gho`re boxe bhabi, diner o`ndhokare.

Idhar udhar ghuumkar, mae~ ghar waapas aaya.
Mae~ ne saare akal chor ke aaya, safar ki sarak me.
Gharwaale to kidhar gaye, mahluum nahi~ mujhe.
Khaali kamre me baet'he hue, abh soc raha hu~ sirf.

I wandered near, I wandered far, returning home at last.
My knowledge, wits and common sense, I'd left along the way.
The ones I'd left behind at home had gone, I know not where.
I sit within an empty room and think, in dark of day.

2013 July 28th 
(or earlier)
Brooklyn