The Gravity of Her of Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer in Serbian/Translated From English by Prof. Ljiljana Samardžić

SAMO NJENA GRAVITACIJA

Njeno prezime i moje
nije isto,
Ipak, kadgod ga pročitam,
ili vidim,
Slatki osmijeh, nepozvan, 
lice mi ozari,
a moje srce radost ispuni.

Kažu mi,
"Ludo si u nju zaljubljen."
I ne griješe.
Ne znam kako da im protivrječim.

Znam da smo mi samo 
obični prijatelji.
Ipak, ja nju volim.
Volim način na koji ustaje, sjedi, hoda,
volim kako se smije, priča, razgovara.

Zato se klanjam 
svakom slogu koji ona izgovara.
Neslaganje s njom nestaje
prije nego što nastane;
da se složim s njom,
moja je jedina molitva.

Ali, ne zovite to 'ljubav',
ta riječ je isuviše mala,
isuviše glasna.
Ovo je gravitacija.
Nečujna
Bestežinska
Apsolutna.
Ona ne čini ništa
da me privuče;
moj univerzum se 
sam od sebe
ka njoj naginje.

Kada se ona pojavi,
sve moje pametne riječi me
napuste.
Ostaje samo jedna:
Ona je najbolja.
Ta riječ je dovoljna.

© Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer
Fatehpur, UP, India 
Translated From English by Prof. Ljiljana Samardžić
Novi Sad, Srbija
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The Gravity of Her

Her surname and mine are not the same,  
Yet when I read it, when I see it,  
A sweet smile rises to my face, unbidden.  
My heart lights up.

People say,  
"You’re mad with love for her."
I have no words to deny them.  
They are not wrong.

I know we are nothing  
beyond the faint lines of friendship.  
Still, I love her—  
the way she rises, sits, walks,  
the way she laughs, speaks, converses.

That is why I bow  
to every syllable she utters.  
Disagreement dies before it forms;  
to agree with her is my only prayer.

Call it not love—  
the word is too small, too loud.  
This is gravity.  
Wordless
Weightless
Absolute.  
She does not pull me;  
my universe leans toward her on its own.

All my clever words desert me  
when she appears.  
Only one remains:  
She is the best.
And that is enough.
(Original in English)

© Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer 
Fatehpur, UP, India 
Email: veershailesh@gmail.com 

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