Marriage By Nissim Ezekiel Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

When the lovers marry, they think it
Their marriage has been arranged
In heaven,
It was in their destiny
And they the right men
Tying the nuptial knot
Of love and bonding
And the knot to continue forever,
To be renewed in later lives.

The joy of the couple knows no bounds
Full of sympathy and attraction,
Marrying under the grace of Eternity,
Basking in its sunshine,
Feeling love and warmth,
Walking together with,
Sharing the things mutually
Oblivious of all that to overtake,
Unmindful of fallibility and pits
Lying ahead.

Thereafter the honeymoon,
The scenes of love and love-making
After being given to the body
Of flesh and blood and its bonding,
Sensual and carnal,
Fissures and frictions
Start developing,
Cracking the surface
And they feel helpless before
The way of the world
Diversifying ahead.

The Primal Fall of Man,
Temptation and fall from heaven,
How to negate them,
The influence of Cain
Affecting them
And the things seem to be crumbling
Under the impact,
The poet himself a wedding guest,
How can he dishearten
With his feelings held otherwise
And opinions given?