This is a translated version of a monumental love poem WILL HOME BE PLEASANT? from Tamil literature. It is the direct appeal to the lover by the girl’s friend that brings out the deep sense of deprivation of the girl in the absence of her lover and asks the embarrassing question Will Home Be Pleasant? for her friend in his absence.
WILL HOME BE PLEASANT?
You say that the wild
with a grappling Mango Trees
wearing the forlorn look
of a destroyed town
and the winding tracks
of the salt traders
moving in clusters
will be a horrible spot.
However, tell me:
will home be pleasant
in her forlorn state?
