Come love, keep your hand on my hand

Ambikagiri RaichoudhuryAmbikagiri Raichoudhury1 Jan 1885 – 1 Jan 1967

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Come love, keep your hand on my hand
And your lips on my lips
Let the clouds that lean against the sky
Come down in torrents

Down the dust-laden paths
Let incessant rain bathe the trees
And drown the voices of the birds
In the mirror of a forlorn river in some dense forest
Let your face be anglow, drenched in sweat.

[ Translated by Snigdhamalati Neog

Ambikagiri Raichoudhury
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Ambikagiri Raichoudhury

Ambikagiri Raichoudhury (1885–1967) was an Assamese poet and nationalist. Literary Ambikagiri Raichoudhury's works include "Tumi", "Kaabyo", "Aahuti", "Joydroth Bodh", "Binaa", "Onubhuti", "Bondoo Ki Sondere", and "Bedonaar Ulkaa". He was also the editor of "…

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