THE NIGHT

The 'phuchka-wala' counts his coins,
The road side hair-clip seller packs up his unsold bundle,
The night approaches!!
Streets full of peripatetic people,
Of philistine, poseur,lout,
Of paramour, pedantic, philanderer.
The malls ---- full of tired cash-collectors,
Day's sale -- enough to satisfy their pecuniary thirst.
The mendicants too retire,
In their mangy shelter.
Tilottama's physiognomy -- piebald;
But misnomers they are !!
The miasma covers us;
The obsidian replaces the alluvium.

Plutocracy reigns both;
The night approaches;
People rejoice;
Even the homeless thrives in Georgia's shade.

The night approaches;
I pall-- from plebeian matters;
Poignancy is just too much;
I fail to be phlegmatic;
I cannot but have to pinion;
In the darkness I see lurid on the mural.
Seconds of lull pass away.
No orifice, no panacea;
Nothing to indemnify;
The interregnum seems to last forever ;
My parched heart --- musty;
The missive of obituary remains;
Mired yet the peregrination continues;
Who can oust this spell ?
The night covers us !!!!!

EL LAZO

Nosotros empezamos aprender juntos,
Tú y yo ---
Un idioma – dulce y blando,
Juntos nosotros intentamos !!

Toda palabra hablamos;
El mundo – creamos;
Amor, amistad, cariño jugamos
Cuando nosotros empezamos aprender juntos.

Secreto reveló, tiempo cambió,
Pero idioma desarrolló;
Ella robó toda,
Todavía tú hablas Castellano!!

Y mi amor viva,
Tambien el lazo de idioma.

PROSHNO

Shesh kobita--- seta amar aar tor,
Bedhechhilish tui chhondo aar shobder dor,
Jaani aaj o tui shikar korbina sei bhalobashar bondhon,
Kintu se bhalobasha robe chironton.


Hariye gechhe amader gaaner aarohi,
Bortoman kerechhe tor mayar ' Pallabi '.
Royechhe sudhu bhoot- bhobishyot,
Dishahin--- dui moner dui poth !!

Tobu aajo keno tui baadhish raat jagar gaan??
Keno tor chhonde proshfutito hoy tor byakul praan??
Aaj keno khujish kon se otit??
Bujhis na tui-- amio byathito??

Mon bhenge gechhe tor obortomaane,
Tukro tukro hoye jaaye tor krondone.
Ekakityo ki tokeo korechhe grash??
Taai ki tor ' nijhum niswas ' ??

Je chhonde peyechhilam toke,
AAj sei chhondo rochi mor buke,
Shohoshro proshno amaye ghire dhore,
Uttor--- lukiye achhe tor moner gobhir ontore !!

Play Of Silence

In silence I have loved you,
My eyes have looked at yours in silence that evening;
They did not blink----- no sound slipped away;
Like the dark evening sky whose depth remains in silence,
When the white jasmine blooms---- leaving her aroma only at the break of dan;
Such way --- bloomed my flower of love for you;
In silence--- a depth hard to reach;
In silence I breathe--- in silence I cry;
My love surrounds you like a silent tune;
A silence--- that can be broken only by the harmony you bring to it;
For years--- through eternity shall I love you;
In silence--- till you can hear the tune;

THE STAR IN THE CORNER

Royechhi ami koto dur e,
Akasher gobhir nilimaaye,
Hoyto kono ek kone-----
Shohoshro taarar bhire kono din e paarbe na amaye khuje nite;
Tobu o jedin alokojjol aakash hobe ondhokar,
Tomar e poth ujjal korbo amar aloye;
Tobu o shamne eshe chenabo na nijeke;
Diye alo diye valobasha,
Jhore jaabo himer gobhire;
Tokhun keu e jaante paarbe na,
Amar oshtityo- onostityer kotha……

LONELY STAR

Boshechhilam ekla janalar dhare;
Nishtobdho nijhum rat;
Pranikuler kolahole mete otha kolkata tilottoma shranto,
Saradiner byastotar por shokole nidra roto;
Shudhu jegechhilam ami
R oi sudur akash e raat jaga ek tara;
Batasher komol sporsheo nidratur hoye pori ni;
Mone chhilo klanti r chokh e tomar chhobi;
Ekaki cheyechhilam oi tarar dike;
Duronto batash elo chul uriye dilo,
Khola jalnala diye ure elo ek mutho dhulo;
Tobu o tomar j chhobi chhilo e hridoye
Sei chhobi eki vabe roye gelo chokh e;
Raat jaga oi tara ti ekaki chhilo nil akasher book e;
Amaye bollo, “ ami achhi toh ei prithiber jonyo,
Prithibir jonyo e toh amar raat jaga;
Tumi ei shoshro manusher modhye ekaki jege keno??? “
Ami bollam, “ tomar prithibe noy mor prithibi;
Ami toh jege achhi amar sei prithiber e jonyo;
Se royechhe mor hridoye, se royechhe mor chokhe;
Se e amar prithibi jaare chaicchi dur theke;
Tumi toh paoni tomar prithibi;
Ami o paai ni amar;
Dur theke diye jabo ei khin alo,
Taai toh amra raat jaga tara!!”