
Latina: Jasminum sambac ‘Arabian Nights’ It is an evergreen vine or shrub, available in India. Common name: Arabian Jasmine ‘Arabian Nights’, Hindi: Bela, Telugu: Malli, Tamil: Kodi mulli, Manipuri: Jati pushpa, Bengali: Bel. Family: Oleaceae (Jasmine family). This photgrpah has been taken at Dhulagarh, Howrah. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I am a lost traveler
visiting you.
I am evening’s jasmine dear
and morning’s Arabian jasmine
do you know me?
I know you young traveler
your colorful clothing flies in the forests.
In the month of phalgun,
you are an impatient fire,
In the night of the month of chaitra,
you are aloof.
We are floating towards you
Who is calling this homeless
crazy person,
in a humming tune,
when I roam around in the forest?
I the mango bud called you.
I dreamed of you before I saw you,
I loved you without knowing you.
When the day is done,
and I am finished playing in the heated sand,
ready to go on the road,
who will take the fallen flowers in the chariot?
I the creeper will take it.
When the dry leaves scatter,
at the sound of music,
who will be left?
I will stay and be sad,
O the indifferent traveler,
the beautiful spring ,
will erase the pain of separation.
I the crazy traveler will laugh.
I am a lost traveler,
visiting you.