Waiting — Summary

Manan DasRomantic

You utter Wait, wait, and wait Far away lingering your voice Still I harken you I feel I feel I feel

It is not vain waiting I wait for the moment The moment when we meet again I wait for the moment The moment when we walk in rains

The one umbrella we walk under We talk The voice too low for the moment I wait for the moment when we gain again.

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Someone far away keeps telling the speaker to wait, and the speaker keeps listening. The voice is distant, but it still reaches them, and the repeated "I feel I feel I feel" suggests emotion too big or too tangled to put neatly into words.

What stands out is that the waiting doesn't feel like a burden. The speaker insists it is "not vain" because it points toward a particular moment: meeting again and walking in the rain. The picture is small and intimate. Two people share one umbrella, stand close, and talk in voices so low they seem meant only for each other.

The mood is tender, patient and a little wistful. There is longing here, but also trust. The last line is slightly unclear, since "gain again" could mean regaining closeness or getting back what was lost, but either way the poem ends on hope rather than sadness.

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