Thursday, February 13, 2020

The Story of Boy Besties



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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Original : By Manushyaputhiran  (In Tamil, To read the original click here)

Translated in English by: Pavala



- SPGR.













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