Blaraj Komal TWO POEMS Poem Seeing her name in the catalogue, I joined the crowd of buyers So what I couldn't do with a wealth of love, I could do by paying the price After I paid the price It dawned on me That in the mirage of relations Between her and me There lay a third distance. Communication My love, what made you find These forms of speech for me today7 Was silence not enough9 Didn't I kiss your hair, eyes, lips, Listening to your heart, Speaking to your heart9 Until today, Morning dawned and night fell In the clear mirror of intimacy. We were never fettered by the need for speech. So what, my love, made you find This crowd of words and meaning, These forms of speech9 Translated by Baidar Bakht and Leslie Lavigne 42