There was a time when love was you and you alone love’s fragrance it’s exquisite nature and its form divine was you and you alone… She arrived one day my mind discerned murmured with love and safely in heart settled… Thereafter she alone was love love’s fragrance it’s exquisite nature and its form divine But I will not forever remain for love it has no specific shape
*This translation was done (among others) as a tribute to our dear friend and poet, the late Indika Gunawardena. Original given below: