by Hemanga Kumar Dutta
Have a good look at the corpses
Identify the near and dear ones of yore
No no
Not at all for retrieval
Identify them today to lose them in a better way
While the bomb was planted
Though none of the living ones were familiar
Now before taking them home
Identify the corpses
Translated by Krishna Dulal Barua
Hemanga Kumar Dutta is an Assamese poet. He has one collection of poems to his credit.
Krishna Dulal Barua is a prominent translator and writer based in Nagaon, Assam. He received the Katha Award for translation in 2005.