Happy birthday Baba !!!

Today's blog is a short poem I have written for my parents ... as a way of saying a small 'thank you' and 'i love you' to the very people who always stand by me through thick and thin no matter what ....... happy birthday baba!!!

The poem is in Bangla ........ the language in which I wrote my first poem 11 years back ....... and since this one is for my parents, mother tongue it will be! But for you guys who don't know the language, the poetic translation in English is just below that .......

AMI UTHI ABAR

Amar meghla bikelbalay
Akla mon kharaper ghum,
Shei brishti dekha kanche -
Amar alochhayar room |

Kichhu phontar shathe kotha,
Kichhu shobdo bhalobasha,
Klanti ghum hoy na chokhe -
Amar chhelemanushi asha |

Er modhye onek bhaba,
Khata ankhre dhore thaka,
Mon shanto hoy abar -
Buke shopno ma-babar .......

Kokhon shurjo dube gachhe,
Chena shobdo ghorir kantar,
Abar karon khonja othar -
Asha japte uthi abar |

-------------------------------------------------

And the english translation in verse is .........

I RISE AGAIN

Another of my cloudy eves,
On a pensive mood I sleep,
Watching rain on the window pain -
Light and shadows paint my room !

Words I speak with drops I hear,
Some sounds I've heard make me endear,
These tired eyes hold no sleep -
My childish hopes surround me !

Amidst all this thoughts crowd in,
Holding on to scribbled sheets,
Again I calm down deep inside -
My heart carrying my parents' dreams ........

Don't know when the sun had set,
The clock ticks on familiarly,
I search again for a reason to rise -
Embracing my dreams I rise again !

----------------------------------------------------------