Ode To The Doon Star Poem by Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan

Ah, cherished Doon Star! Hark me from afar
            rekindle her heart with your rays:
She that dwells in my heart ever till I part -
            sprinkle her path with roses.

How swift are the days! For she comes of age
            this coming Saturday, the second -
So guard her in earnest from evil and bring jest
            prithee, make her life jocund!

‘Tis through you I see her and she me
            O Star! reflected upon your boards;
And so convey my message to her heart's walled cage
            and rebound back to me her words.

So many'll cheer her - kin far and near
            this Eighteenth Birthday of hers;
Still O Star, send towards her this token of regards
            from someone unseen she knows!