Wild Flowers/05: Kazi Najrul Islam Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

You have explored …
Love, freedom and revolution
Opposed all bigotry …
Including religious and gender
You are also the pioneer of
Differently formed Bengali ghazals.

Oh Bengali polymath …
Poet, writer, musician and revolutionary
We could not protect you
From the ‘Morbus Pick'
The rare incurable neurodegenerative disease,
We are so sorry for it.

It was the destiny
Who stopped your pen and
Decided your departure.