Arrow loves the prey Rope adores the bull's neck Ocean loves the gasping fish ashore Sky yearns for the shooting star Root loves the drained well Flower likes the empty pupa The Destitute loves himself
The girl washing clothes in the river says: My love is to this finger To erase dirt from hidden creases To wipe the soap-burned eyes To point at those peeping eyes Amidst the bushes What else I have?
In the idle hours Without going anywhere Whatever has it not shown me Took me to wherever not This slender stout finger
Translation of 'Viral' Malayalam poem of Sivakumar Ambalapuzha by the author himself.