Hossain Shohag Poems

Elf

I used to tell the tale of a girl— alone—
She looked just like a fairy carved in stone.
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আমার কবর পাশে কেঁদো না দাঁড়িয়ে─
আমি তো ওখানে নেই, যাইনি ঘুমিয়ে!
আমি হাজারো বায়ুর─ প্রবাহিত গতি─
আমি তুষারের কোলে হীরকের জ্যোতি;
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We never were the worst within our past,
Nor bad today, nor lesser than we'll last—
For now, wherever life may set our course,
Or what we were, or will be at the source.
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All the others,
Who are trying to hold you—
Through their love,
Why won't you be theirs?
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Sleep is a transitory death—
And death, an eternal sleep.
This drowsy time between sleep and death
Is what we call life.
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No poetry is poetic but you— my love,
Upon your skin, my verses I start to write—
You lie beneath, and I am on you, above,
Ink flows from heart to body, dark and bright.
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Whatever's smooth is sound,
Whatever's harsh is noise—
Whatever falls in scale is melody;
All are defined by choice.
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Oh princess of Arabian nights, Yasmine,
The gift from God, a beauty evermore—
I wish to have an all-seeing eye, keen
To see you every moment I adore.
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Each thing we leave allows a new to rise,
When someone goes, another will arrive—
We must let go to find what's meant to be,
For others lose so we can then receive.
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After I met you, it seemed so clear,
You were the one I'd sought for all these years—
After I met you, it seemed, my dear,
You were the one to answer all my prayers.
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