THE SCULPTURE

                                                        
                                                                                       

Aminur Rehman Translated by Sudeep Sen

From the mist’s dense cape
I carve your body’s shape —
gently sculpting, all morning.
With my eyes shut, I sit
amid the fog’s heavy sheets
as its frost settles
on my cheek, ear, and nose.
The same hands,
the same lips, the same eyes —
I find them with such ease —