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Parting Cousins – By Niranjan Selvadurai<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Niranjan-Selvadurai\"<\/p>\n

\"Parting<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Through the lonesome night I stay, <\/span>
\nGuarding kurahan fields of clay. <\/span>
\nAs silence hums my weary plight,<\/span>
\nNever once will you cross my sight.<\/span>
\nCousin Sister,<\/span>
\nTomorrow’s wedding bells call for you, <\/span>
\nYet deep sorrow cloaks my evening view. <\/span>
\nThe village sleeps, no stars in sight\u2014 <\/span>
\nA moonless sky, a hollow night. <\/span><\/p>\n

Though I met you secretly, <\/span>
\nBy the river, unbidden and free, <\/span>
\nAnd waved to you beside the creek, <\/span>
\nLove unspoken, words too weak. <\/span>
\nCousin Brother,<\/span>
\nThough I gave my heart away, <\/span>
\nParental wish, I must now obey.<\/span>
\nDestiny calls\u2014do not weep, <\/span>
\nFor promises I could not keep. <\/span><\/p>\n

I built a hut for us to stay, <\/span>
\nYet none can see my lone dismay. <\/span>
\nMust I endure this silent pain, <\/span>
\nThrough endless nights, in wind and rain? <\/span>
\nCousin Sister,<\/span>
\nOur childhood love, now torn in two, <\/span>
\nIs this farewell, must we undo? <\/span>
\nThe dream of you as mine once more,<\/span>
\nFades like mist upon the river shore.<\/span><\/p>\n

May joy be yours, adorned in light, <\/span>
\nMay fortune bless your steps so bright. <\/span>
\nMay you say, \u201cI do,” so true – <\/span>
\nTo a fair princess you woo. <\/span>
\nCousin Brother,<\/span>
\nLet goddess Paththini, hear my plea, <\/span>
\nMay she guard and shelter thee. <\/span>
\nBut on that joyous harvesting day<\/span>
\nRemember me, though far away.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Niranjan Selvadurai<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

About the Poem:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This is a conversation between two cousins. The girl is to be married the next day and will then move away. The setting is rural village in Sri Lanka, where farming communities live. The story line is based on a haunting Sinhala song “\u0dbb\u0dd1 \u0db4\u0dd0\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dbb\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0db1 \u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dc4\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dd0\u0dc4\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dcf \u0dc4\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dda”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kurahan is the local term for finger millet, widely grown as a cereal crop. According to folklore, Paththini (also known as Kannagi in South India) is identified as a goddess symbolising chastity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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