A 
                  gentle trickle 
                  A surging river 
                  A gentle plain 
                  A delta 
                  Four long years 
                  Three thousand kilometres 
                  Cormorants, sea gulls 
                  Sparrows at dusk 
                  A flurry of wings 
                  Moody clouds 
                  La brume matinale 
                  Boats bathed in twilight red | 
                
 Wild 
                    blossoms 
                    In narrow paths 
                    A banyan tree 
                    Tall strong shady 
                    A forlorn reed 
                    In amber garb 
                    Bamboo groves 
                    Reaching for the sky 
                    Arching along the water 
                    Coconut palms 
                    Betwixt the land and the sea 
                    A river rests, a delta speaks 
                      
                  Shahidul 
                    Alam   |