My pen Hasn’t a voice Nimalarajan -[Manjula Wediwardana ]

My pen Hasn’t a voice Nimalarajan

My pen
Hasn’t a voice
Nimalarajan
My voice
Has no wings

Birds with a voice
Never sing
They only chatter
And
Birds with wings never fly

The year
Just Passed like a day..

If you could sing
Thousands of songs
If you could fly
To a far distant place
The year
Just passed like a day
And next
Is a New
Day?

My pen
Hasn’t a voice
Nimalarajan
My voice
Has no wings

Manjula Wediwardana
2001
(Translated by Prashansani Paranawithana)