Note: The following was originally written by Poet “Manushiyaputhiran”
in Tamil in uyirmmai.com. Having enjoyed reading it, I tried by best to translate
it to English, just to test my Learning, Understanding and Proficiently of
Tamil. There could be some mistakes in the Translation.
I think I passed, at least on
the border. Hoping to improve my proficiency further.
The Story of Boy Besties
A Boy Bestie
Is Not the One made of dreams,
But, is One made of tears.
A Boy Bestie
Is Not the One who lives
Half-An-Animal and Half-A-Human,
But is One, who lives as
Half-A-Husband and Half-A-Lover.
A Boy Bestie
Waits for that moment,
When the girl gets into trouble
To help her at that time, waits near her
Not only as a shadow, but as a shadow’s shadow.
A Boy Bestie knows,
In front of her husband,
How distant he should appear,
And also as her friend, at the same time.
A Boy Bestie knows how dignified,
He should behave in front of her lover.
That every moment he should prove that,
He is just a neighbor or an Outsider to her.
He very well realizes that he is used,
Just as a handkerchief by her, when she cries.
But the thought that he is used,
At least as a handkerchief, consoles him.
A Boy Bestie performs carefully than a doctor
In fixing her health issues,
When she gets into worries, he consoles her,
Like how her mother used to do.
A Boy Bestie
Exaggerates the small problems of the girl
And carries them on his shoulder,
He goes in search of a fountain
When she asks, for a glass of water.
A Boy Bestie is always eager,
To pay the bills, in restaurants.
Spends long hours,
To buy gift for the girl.
When she slips on the stairs, To him
It appears as an worldly injustice.
A Boy Bestie
Gets fondly hugged by a girl,
Leans on his shoulder for support
A Boy Bestie wonders
If at any time, can he hug or lean on her
In a similar way.
A Boy Bestie
Is one who feels like a Dog tied to a chain,
The length of the chain determines
The love he can show or get,
And this makes his heart broken.
A Boy Bestie always
Keeps himself ready for use
And like a soldier waits for the orders
His horses of love
Are always ready to jump into action.
A Boy Bestie is always waiting
For the girl to get betrayed by his lover
For the girl to get doubted by her husband
For the girl to get hurted by her friend;
That’s when he can emerge there
That’s when a small door opens
That’s when he gets space for his words.
A Boy Bestie secretly fantasizes that
At sometime, a wonder will happen with the girl
But that never happens,
But when that happens for someone else
In front of his eyes
He asserts himself that,
He needs even more patience.
After not talking for two days,
On the third day,
In the name of being generous,
He himself calls on her mobile,
As a coward,
who could never materialize
His suicidal decisions.
A girl who was never with him
But who is always with him
Is something
A Boy Bestie
Could never understand.
A Boy Bestie
Neither has the irresponsibilities of a lover
Nor has the powers of a husband
He changes himself to be both the
Father and the son of the girl.
A Boy Bestie
Once in a while, tried to tell his love to the girl
She first shows a shocking reaction on her face
And creates the image of an unexpected one.
A Boy Bestie shivers with guilt
And offers a hundred apologies
And that becomes a huge funny scenario
And he too joins her and starts laughing
For that funny scenario.
No one is born as a Boy Bestie
Fate takes its course somewhere
And sends a flower to those men in hunger.
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Translated in English by: Pavala
- SPGR.
