The Mother In The Daughter.-Dedicated To Surja Sengupta. Poem by Subrata Ray

The daughter replaces the mother's care,
And the greater with her own being, she shares,
The service of motherly divinity perpetuates on earth,
Ah gratitude, for care, love and grandest birth!

While the young mother grows old,
To her daughter her worth, -outdoes all golds,
The memory steps, childhood, adolescence, youth,
The hidden mother in the daughter comes forth.

Never failing oasis, an ideal daughter ever is,
Her heart flows like mountain spring, for the mother's service.

The poet bows his head, the prophet showers His bliss,
And the great nature, the earthly mother ardently wishes,
The unification of the creator and the creation,
Ah! What more a precious gem, there can be, -the mother-daughter relation.