half-moon in the sky 

her body veiled in mixed 

colours of clouds 

 

Deepti, Vol.8 , No.III Oct-Dec 1978 (Originally in Odia)
Translation: Pravat Kumar Padhy 

(Translation of one of my Odia poems, Jibanata (Life), a Haiku-like stanza, from the short-verse sequence “Satyameba” (Truth Alone).