kon aami...

Ek aanjla jol-er jhaapTa-
dhuye nichhi ghum…
dhuye nichhi raatbhor joma
“aami"r shesh resh Tuku..

dorja khule berobaar aage
porte habe mukhosh..
aalmari-r taak haatRaai,
kejo din-er mukhoshTa
bohu-byabohaare deerno,

ekla din-er mukhoshTa 
porchhi kabe theke! 
rong choTe, bibarno,

prem-er din-er mukhoshTa?
du-ekbaar pora..
s-e-i kabe jeno Victoria.. 
Lake-er dhaar ..
aar RanikuThi-r sei baRiTa..

kannachaapa raat-jaaga din-er
mukhoshgulo-r na baki aachhe
mukh.. na baki aachhe chokh-
katodin kato raat porechhi
ekTaana..

aaj guliye jaachhe sab-
kon mukhosh khnujchhi nijei janina,
aaj dinTa kemon?
Kemon aaRal chaai aaj?

Jhaapsa bodh-er modhye 
dekhi sab mukhosh-i
Aamar mukh-
Aamar mukh konTa?

raat'er upor raat jome jaay
chnaad-er upor chnaad..
andhokaar-e chhoRiye thaake
mon haraabar fnaad..

mon-er aami mon-er tumi-
mon-er knaacha-paaka,
mon-er sathe aaRi holeo
mon-er sathei thaaka..

Don't try and don't quit,
that's the best I can say.
People who love you
and people who need you
and people you love
and those you hate
come to the same thing.
No matter how you turn,
you can never turn fast
or far enough.
There is no escaping
the ten directions
or ten thousand things,
even when you die.

- Peter Levitt

You spend so much of your time
expecting to become
someone else
always someone
who will be different
someone to whom a moment
whatever moment it may be
at last has come
and who has been
met and transformed
into no longer being you
and so has forgotten you

meanwhile in your life
you hardly notice
the world around you
lights changing
sirens dying along the buildings
your eyes intent
on a sight you do not see yet
not yet there
as long as you
are only yourself

with whom as you
recall you were
never happy
to be left alone for long
- W. S. Merwin

" Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less."
~ Will Moss

What a beautiful thing to think and say ... and isnt it so true? gleefully true... painfully true..

aaj aaste paaro aamar baRi?

Mon’kemon’er fnaake

Jakhon brishTi poRe

Holud dupur gaan geye jay

Baaul sur’e-

Aaponbhola poth’e jakhon

Tomaar paaRi,

Takhon ki aaj aaste paaro

Aamar baRi?

...

Tup Tup Tup

poRuk jhoRe

chnaad’er mon’er kOtha-

chhOlat chhOlat

bhasuk jOl’e

du-chokh ajotha-

jyochhna-nodi

bhejaak tomaay

notun pOth’er bnake-

sagor-jOl’e

aasuk plaabon

swapne bhaasar fnake-

haat dhore aaj

Daakchhe jeebon,

‘aamar sathe aay’-

Notun phool’er

Notun rOng’e

Modhup geye jay..

to meet you again..

As you breathe life into your nights..
As the breeze caresses her with your passion..
I send you my soul, my senses, my self..
As I wait for a rebirth..
only to meet you again..
only to lose you again..

......

I came across these lines while I was browsing through blogosphere. They touched me deeply. They were my words and my thoughts - only penned by somebody else..


"What started out as some bytes of binary
barely 1s and 0s through fibres so bizarre
became so much more

The relationship we built, faceless, nameless
across countries, oceans, continents
is extraordinary, more extra than ordinary

Not based on looks nor personality, but what?
Your thoughts, opinions, jokes
Ideas so pure and bright, shining through me

The time we invested, spent, never wasted
Energy from the soul, pouring into you
Emotions ripped open, eloping to where you are

My bank account, growing in interest daily
Even if we never meet
I want it to come to fruition, the natural way

How can you take that investment, those emotions
close it, cut them, brake them apart
and walk away?

Leaving me empty, soulless, drained, in despair
the emotional life-blood pulled away
my finances wrecked, rocky, shorn

Let nature take its course, its time
let the emotions go where they will, it's fine
that is the way of the world, the way things are and will be

I am the one who cries when someone dies on ER
I invest in my friends and hate losing them
Time cannot heal the pain

You know who you are
don't tear me apart"

~by a BLOGGER FRIEND.

While working, I came across the lyrics of a song from the film Hairspray. The words touched me deeply.
I thought of sharing the song.

There's a light
In the darkness
Though the night
There's a light
Burning bright
Showing me the way
But i know where i've been

There's a cry
In the distance
It's a voice
That comes from deep within
There's a cry
Asking why
I pray the answer's up ahead
'Cause i know where i've been

There's a road
We've been travelin'
Lost so many on the way
But the riches
Will be plenty
Worth the price we
Had to pay

There's a dream
In the future
There's a struggle
We have yet to win
And there's pride
In my heart
'Cause i know
Where i'm going
And i know where i've been

There's a road
We must travel
There's a promise

We have yet to win
Use that pride
In our hearts
To lift us up
To tomorrow

'Cause just to sit still
Would be a sin

I know it, i know it
I know where i'm going

And lord knows i know..
Where i've been

Oh! When we win,
I'll give thanks to my god
'Cause i know where i've been..
----------------------------------------------
The lyricists are Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman.

chol! bhalobasa kheli!

Chol! Bhalobasa kheli!

Kumeer-DanGa, lukochuri

Khelchhe khoka-khuki-

Aami aar tui aay na

Kadin bhalobasa kheli!

khunsuTi aar tamasha’te

sms aar “facebook”e’te-

chol na! kadin aami aar tui

bhalo’r basa goRi-

aay! Bhalobasa kheli!

Aay! Mon’er maanush kheli!

Praan’er kotha bola-kowa-

Mon’er hodish dewa-newa-

Kebol toke aapon bhebe

Mon’er maanush kheli!

Raatbirete ghum’er ghor’e

Gopon aandhar aaRal bhenGe

Kanna-hasi’r oTha poRay

Mon’er maanush kheli-

Chol! Bhalobasa kheli!

kumeerDanGa khela’r shesh’e

ghOr’e phera jaay-

bhalobasa’r bhanGle khela-

kothay phirte hoy?

Amay phele geli?

..

chokh chholchhol holud dupur
kanna-chaapa chiThi
mon'er bhule bole fela
sotyi kotha duTi

chhai-ronga oi megh'er jhnapi
hamaguRi dey
lukiye ora sab shunechhe
amaay Deke ney....

jaara swapno dekhi ((March 2010))

Mon’er saathe ekka dokka

Kanamaachhi aaj’o-

Aaj’o aabar lukochuri

Nijer aalo chhaya’e-

Chhayamakha chilekoTha

Gopon shwaase bhaari-

Bhaari mon’er bojha aaj’o

Sei baalishei naame-

Naame megh’er upor choRe

Swapne dekha ghOr-

ghOr’er maajhe holud shaaRi

laal paaRer Dheu-

Dheu na eleo bhese jaabo

aagol-bhangaa bhor’e-

bhor’er ghum’e aankRe dhore

khOR’er kuTo’r mon-

mon khule aaj bhaasiye dilaam

ekla ghOr’er raat  ~~

brishTir khNoje (july 2009)

BrishTi, aabar tokei khNuji

Meghmollar aakash juRe-

BrishTi taanpura-r sur-e,

Anekdin-er jomaano bhoy

Pagla hawa-e haraay dur-e!

BrishTi toke soi kore aaj

Mon-er kotha bolte ki laaj?

(Aay) aamra dujon aaRal khNuje

Haraai praan-er oi sabuj-e!

BrishTi tokei bolte paari-

Barebaarei keno haari!

tor aashaR-shaarbon du-chokh bhore

aamar baromasya jhore!

a poem (Jan 2010)

asfuuT

Hemanter nibiR sandhya-e

Shukno laal maaTi

Bhijechhilo tomaar maya-joRaano abhimaan-e

Debdaaru-r jhora paata

Hesechhilo tomaar onaabil aabdaare

Kono ek baaul-er miThe sur

joRiye dhorechhilo tomakeo amaakeo..

tumi ki bhaabchhile

jaana hayni..

aami ki chaichhilam

bola hayni..

na-bola kotha-r dol

asfuuT sohaag mekhe

mukh lukiyechhilo lojja –e

ghum bhenGe dekhi

debdaaru-tola-e shuye aachhi

bhor-er laalima chhNuye aachhe mon..

esechhile?

Naki aabar swapno dekhlaam !

Celebration of World Poetry Day March-April 2010 in Kobita Point

There were wonderful tributes by my extremely talented friends. Let me share some of them with you~


Kobita Maane Ki?
By Rajat Subhra Banerjee(our dear Harida)


kobita maane podyo,
khanik durbodhyo, tai onobodyo.

taar thaake chhondo,
"taale-gole dwondo, olpo pochhondo!"

aar thaake mil,
er sheshe 'nil', to or sheshe 'chil'.

aar thaake ortho,
"perek-er chaape keno hoy eto gorto."

aar thaake chhotro,
mil-e mil-e, chhondete, jotro o totro.

aar thaake dNaRi,
tai tei shesh, tar pore aaRi.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




Tribute by Beasdi (Beas Bhattacharya)


Entwined fingers
Grasps the foggy,empty glass;
Dim muted light,
Itches a worn out face,
One tired glance;
Emotions pours,staggers,
exhausted and spent;
Into nothingness they breath.

Once again ,
For the uptemth time
i play with words,
Fragile,frivolous;
Yet truer than my being.

Come my dear friend,
Poets of troubled times,
Pour me another drink,
Lets celebrate,
This soltitude of utter darkness,
With no place to return;
Lets celebrate,
Life as it is,
As ever it will be,
Or not.
~~~~~~~~~

Aah, poetry

by Aayoti

It’s sadness on a page
Served with what is felt within;
It is thoughts and opinions
And all things there-in.
It’s escape from reality
And sometimes, the way back to it too-
It’s rhyming and not rhyming
(And that’s something anyone can do!)
It’s a wonderful thing
What a pen and paper can do;
It can make your hands write-type
Things you didn’t know could come to you!
It lets you vent out
In all ways you please,
So it’s but fair that you sit back and confess,
“Aah, poetry….”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Ode to Poetry
by Yours Truly

When tears shied away

From misting my eyes,

You were there

to wash my soul.

Love, loss, desires, pains

Secrets and sighs

Always had you

To rock me to peace

Many a sleepless night!

I have left myself alone

Many a time,

Only to find you embrace

My heart of hearts

Only to be led by you

To the morning dew

After every dark night,

Only to be kissed by you

On the forehead

To let me live!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bittersweet (November 2009)

You were my soulmate,

You were my greatest foe-

I showed you my roses,

I showed you my tears-

You gave me my dreams,

You dug up my fears.

I loved you-

I hated you,

I adored you-

I dreaded you,

I waited for you-

I despised you!

You were my solace,

You were my threat.

I wanted to sleep in your lap-

You told me how lonely I was!

You gave me death after each birth,

You showered life after each death.

You freed me-

You burdened me,

You were my blessing-

You saw me sin.

Today, we don’t meet each other-

You don’t kiss my face anymore.

O bittersweet night!

Even before you knock at my door,

Even before I hear your footsteps,

I sink into mindless slumber.

You escape into dawn without waking me up!

I had begged for this bliss, eternally!

Little did I know-

My heart has been stolen by my beloved foe!

Little did I know-

Someday, I would miss you so!!