Original: “Swarga Hote Biday” by Samar Sen Translation: Utpal Chattopadhyay The ocean has ended. Today the restless darkness flails its wings, like a bird in flight. The ocean has ended. There are no deer […]
Original: “Jibana Jakhana Shukaye Jaye” by Rabindranath Translation: Utpal Chattopadhyay When life becomes parched and dry come to me with the flow of your gentle kindness. When all loveliness vanishes from sight, come to […]
Original: “Beral” by Jibanananda Das Translation: (Utpal Chattopadhyay) All day long I keep bumping into this cat; In the shade of a tree, in the sun, in the congregation of brown leaves. I find him […]
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 poem: ‘Uttar’ by Shamsur Rahman Translation: Utpal Chattopadhyay Gazing at the most beautiful spread of the blue above, you can certainly proclaim “The sky is mine alone,” But the sky will not respond […]
Translation of ‘Pushpabane Pushpa Nahi’ by Rabindranath Tagore Translation: Utpal Chattopadhyay Flowers bloom not in a flower garden, but within my soul, where spring makes its appearance, as if by a magic spell. Dry […]
Good bye Suvarna, the river golden. If we are to never meet again, if it is destined that I do not get to dip my toes to feel your flowing pulse once more; Or if, […]
Publisher : Sabiha Huq, Professor of English, Khulna University, Bangladesh
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