THE FIRST DAY’S SUN

English Translation of  Tagore's original Bengali poem  "Pratham Diner Surya"  by DEBIDAS RAY

Upon arrival of the new entity,

the first day’s sun

asked the question,

“Who are you?”

There was no answer.

After many years elapsed,

the day’s last sun

at the western shore of the sea

-in quietness of the evening-

asked for the last time,

“Who are you?”

Didn’t get any reply.

English translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem entitled “Pratham Diner Surya” from his collection of poems “Shesh Lekha” in SANCHAYITA, 11th ed.2010, p838.
Published in POETRY WORLD, vol.5(no1) April 2012, p14.