Original: Biswanath Gorai, May 2021 The father’s solitary corpse left unattended; I wonder where the son has disappeared The lonely, friendless old man … Left by the roadside where only street dogs keep vigil Their […]
Original: Biswanath Gorai, May 2021 The days and nights Are no longer just so now. They are transformed Into lamentations heard at hospitals Or are metamorphosed into those innumerable corpses floating on the Ganges with […]
Original: Amar E Choto Meye (Jibanananda Das) Translation: Utpal Chattopadhyay My little girl, the youngest, She sleeps on one side of the bed. She sleeps – she gets up now and then – whispers like […]
Original: “Ami Tomar Preme Hobo Shobar” by Rabindranath Tagore Translation: Abdullah Al Mamun I will bear all the stains of disgrace For you, my love, I will embrace the guilt and Stigma of all your […]
My eyes got stuck before the mirror- While crossing the corridor, I feel as if I can’t recognize myself….. Is this who I am, the down-to-earth, Easygoing soul! Or someone with a huge Mass of […]
I infiltrated the Golconda fort Through a magical gate. The vast empty space, sprawling About, gripped my muse like an enchantress dragging me into its unknown mystery, And its thousand years’ trajectory – Myths and […]
Once you’d brought me a box of sky along with a cup of silence. I wondered you prompted me to write a poem. I wrote one on sky and silence. A few days later you […]
Original: “Esho Esho Amar Ghore” (Geetobitan by Rabindranath Tagore) Translation: Abdullah Al Mamun Come in, my love, enter my home, Come out, the one possessing the entire Realm of my heart. Enter, opening the doors […]
Original: “Asharh Shondha Ghoniye Elo” (Geetobitan by Rabindranath Tagore) Translation: Abdullah Al Mamun The Asharh eve densely closes by, Well-nigh done is the day. Torrential rains have boundlessly set in, Don’t know what I am […]
Original: “Amar Hiyar Majhe Lukiye Chile” (Geetobitan by Rabindranath Tagore) Translation: Abdullah Al Mamun You remained concealed in my heart, my dear- I couldn’t even see you! Couldn’t notice you! I kept my eyes wide […]
Publisher : Sabiha Huq, Professor of English, Khulna University, Bangladesh
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