Sweet is thy beauty – the Flamboyant Trees in Mauritius

My heart leaps up when I behold the flowers

Of the flamboyant trees laden in heavy bowers,

Oh, my Lord! they are like ‘phantom of delights’

Dressed up in their splendid, glowing, bright,

Fiery shades of red, vermillion and orange,

Displaying their hues grandly in vivid range,

Gracefully, mesmerizingly, 

Holding the viewers’ gaze enchantingly,

Like in a festival, all around this paradisiacal island,

Bordering roads, flat land, high land,

In gardens, villa entrances, landscapes,

Serving to artists and poets as muses and escape,

With their alluring rainbow colours, 

Appealing to lovers to embrace its odours,

Uttering sweet endearing nothings,

Under their awesome branches blooming.

The dancing, awesome laden blossoms,

Seem to convey a message to our bosoms,

In this festive season, specially,

Message of love for humanity,

Soothing words of peace, justice, and liberty,

And with newly awakened zeal, enthusiastically, 

Welcome the New Year jovially.