Wish she would know (I feel) so worn out and low
This thirsty mind of mine, pacified at last by love's sweet wine
Building dream bridges in my sleep, into her ears would I weep
Eschewing all shame, a bed of roses would I make, and romance her with sindoor.
This third song by Manabendra Mukhopadhyay carries the wistfulness of the divided rivers into a different domain. While the majority of the riverine partition songs depict the rivers in terms of a maternal image, this particular song views them from a romantic perspective whereby the separation makes the loved one unreachable, and the paramour may at best wistfully imagine becoming rainclouds, sunlight or even a bridge across their dreamscape in order to achieve a semblance of closeness to the object of their love.
Glossary: doyel, koyel - songbirds of Bengal
Ganga, Padma, Meghna, Jamuna, Titas- revered rivers of the sub-continent
shankha kite- a white plumed kite (literally, conch-kite)
Baul, Bhatiali - wandering singer-philosophers; riverine songs
Sindoor - vermillion, used in the partition of a woman's hair
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