To Creativity: “Shristtilotar Proti”

Abdul Mannan Syed (1943 – 5 September 2010) Translated by M. Harunur Rashid

I salute only you – don't care for anybody else,
All else is tuft of grass trampled under feet – you alone are blossoms in green herbage,
All else is pain and suffering – only you are eternal ache,
All else is dirty like worn-out currency notes and coins rotating from hand to hand –
Only you are pure white, yes you,
You only eat time that keeps ticking, nothing else suits your taste,
You blast the flint and spurt out a fountain – creativity has torn apart its mask
Against all objective trash, fly hundreds of butterflies.