Thursday, January 16, 2025

Ki ko'ra jae-āĻ•ি āĻ•āϰা āϝাāϝ়?


āĻ•ি āĻ•āϰা āϝাāϝ়?


āĻāĻŽāύ āϝুāĻ— āĻ•ি āĻ•āĻ–āύো āĻ›িāϞো—

āφāĻ›ে āĻ•ি āĻ•োāύো āĻĻেāĻļ—

āϝāĻ–āύ, āϝেāĻ–াāύে āĻļাāύ্āϤিāϰ āϏাāĻĨে 

āϏুāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻ›িāϞো, āĻŦেāĻļ? 


āϤা āϜাāύি āύা, āϤা āϜাāύি āύা—

āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻ•াāĻŽāύা—āϤāĻŦে 

āĻāϟুāĻ•ু āϜাāύি, āĻŽাāύāĻŦāϜাāϤিāϰ 

āĻ āĻĒāĻĨে āĻ…āĻĒাāϝ় āĻšāĻŦে। 


āĻāĻ–āύো āφāĻ•াāĻļে āϏূāϰ্āϝ-āϤাāϰা, 

āĻāĻ–āύো āύāĻĻীāϤে āĻĸেāω—

āĻŦাāĻšিāϰে-āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰে āϜোāϝ়াāϰ-āĻ­াāϟা। 

āϰেāĻ–েāĻ›ে āĻŽāύে āĻ•ি āĻ•েāω?


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āĻ—āϰিāĻŦ āĻšāϞে, āĻāϏে āϝাāϝ় āύা 

āϧāϰ্āĻŽ āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻ•ি।

āϜুāϤো āϞাāĻĨি āĻ–েāϤে āĻšāĻŦে, 

āĻļুāύāϤে āĻšāĻŦে ‘āĻ›িঃ!’ 


āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āϝুāĻ—ে āĻāĻ•āχ āĻĻāĻļা, 

āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻĻেāĻļেāĻ“ āϤাāχ। 

āĻŽাāύুāώ āϜাāϤিāϰ āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŖাāϞী 

āϏāϰ্āĻŦāĻ—āϤ, āĻ­াāχ। 


āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āϝা āĻ—ুāĻŖ āĻŦা āϤ্āϰুāϟি—

āϝেāĻŽāύ āϤোāĻŽাāϰ, āφāĻŽাāϰ—

āύেāχ āĻ•ো āϝুāĻ—েāϰ, āĻĻāϞেāϰ āĻļুāϧু। 

āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে, āϏāĻĻা, āϏāĻŦাāϰ।


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‘āωঁāϚু’, ‘āύিāϚু’, ‘āφāĻŽাāϰ’, ‘āϤোāĻŽাāϰ’—

āϚāϞāĻ›ে āϚাāϰিāĻĻিāĻ•ে। 

āϤাāχ āϏেāĻĻিāύেāϰ āϞাāϞ āĻĒāϤাāĻ•াāϰ 

āϰং āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻĢিāĻ•ে। 


āĻ•ি āĻ•āϰা āϝাāϝ়, āĻāĻŽāύ āĻšাāϞে, 

āĻŽাāĻĨা āϚুāϞāĻ•িāϝ়ে āĻ­াāĻŦি। 

āĻāχ āĻ•াāϰাāĻ—াāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ–াāϞাāϏ

 āϚেāϝ়েāĻ“ āĻĒাāχ āύা āϚাāĻŦি। 


āĻŦাāĻ•ি āϏāĻŦাāχ āϝাāχ āĻŦা āĻ•āϰুāĻ•, 

āĻĢুāϟāĻĒাāϤে āĻŦা āϰāĻĨে, 

āϚāϞāĻŦো āϧীāϰে, āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻ• āĻŽেāύে, 

āĻļাāύ্āϤ āφāĻĒāύ āĻĒāĻĨে।


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āύিāϜেāϰ āĻ•াāϜে, āĻ•āĻĨাāϝ়, āϞেāĻ–াāϝ় 

āĻ•āϰāĻŦো, āϝāϤ āĻĒাāϰি। 

āĻŦāύ্āϧু-āϏ্āĻŦāϜāύ āĻŽাāύāĻŦে āύা, āϤাāĻ“ 

āĻ•āϰāĻŦো āύা āĻ—ো āφāĻĄ়ি। 


āĻŦāϞāĻŦো āĻ–ুāϞে āĻŦুāĻ•ে āϝেāϟা 

āφāϏে, āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϜাāύি 

āĻĒাāϤ্āϤা āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āϞোāĻ•েāϰ āĻ…āĻ­াāĻŦ।

āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦāϤা āĻŽাāύি। 


āϏāĻŦাāχ āϜেāĻ—ে āωāĻ āĻŦে āĻ•āĻŦে, 

āϝোāĻ— āĻĻেāĻŦে āĻŽূāϞ āĻ•াāϜে—

āϤা āϜাāύি āύা। āĻŦাāϜাāχ āĻŦাঁāĻļি, 

āϏুāϰ āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āĻŦাāϜে।


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āϏ্āĻĨাāύেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏুāϰ āĻŽেāϞেāύা, 

āϝুāĻ—েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻ›āύ্āĻĻ। 

āĻ•ি āĻ•āϰা āϝাāϝ়, āϤা āϜাāύি āύা। 

āϜেāϞেāϰ āĻĻুāϝ়াāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧ। 


āϏāĻŦাāχ āĻŽিāϞে āĻ—াāχāĻŦে āĻ•āĻŦে 

āύāĻĻীāϰ, āĻ•্āώেāϤেāϰ āĻ—াāύ? 

āφāϏāĻŦে āĻĢিāϰে āĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻĻেāĻšে 

āϜোāϝ়াāϰ-āĻ­াāϟাāϰ āϟাāύ? 


āϤা āϜাāύি āύা, āϤা āϜাāύি āύা। 

āĻ—াāχāĻ›ি āύিāϜেāϰ āϏুāϰে। 

āĻ—াāχāĻŦো āϜোāϰে, āĻ—াāχāĻŦো āĻŽৃāĻĻু,

āĻ—াāύেāχ āϝাāĻŦো āωāĻĄ়ে।


āĻŽāĻ™্āĻ—āϞāĻŦাāϰ, ā§§ā§Ē āϜাāύুāϝ়াāϰি, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ 

āĻŦাāϰ্āĻ•্āϞি, āĻ•াāϞিāĻĢোāϰ্āύিāϝ়া 


Friday, January 3, 2025

A~dhar-alo-āφঁāϧাāϰ-āφāϞো

 

āφঁāϧাāϰ-āφāϞো


āĻ•āϤ āĻ•āĻ োāϰ, āύিāώ্āĻ ুāϰ, āĻšিংāϏ্āϰ, āĻšাāϝ়— 

āĻāχ āĻŽাāύāĻŦ āϜাāϤি, 

āϝাāϰ āĻ•ীāϰ্āϤি āĻĻেāĻ–ে āĻ•াāύ্āύা āφāϏে, 

āĻŦুāĻ• āĻ­āϰে āϝাāϝ় āĻŦ্āϝāĻĨাāϝ়, 

āĻŽুāĻ–েāϰ āĻŦাāĻŖী āĻŦেāϰোāϝ় āύা āĻ—ো, 

āĻĻিāύ āĻšāϝ়ে āϝাāϝ় āĻ•াāϞো!


āϤাāĻ“ āϝে āĻĻāϝ়া-āĻŽাāϝ়া, āϏাāĻšāϏ। 

āĻ–াāϟāĻ›ে āĻāĻ•āχ āϜাāϤি, 

āĻ•āϰāĻ›ে āφāĻĻāϰ, āĻ•āϰāĻ›ে āĻĒাāϞāύ, 

āĻĻিāϚ্āĻ›ে āϜীāĻŦāύ, āϏেāĻŦাāϝ়। 

āĻĻুঃāĻ–, āĻĒীāĻĄ়াāϰ āĻŽাāĻেāĻ“ āφāĻļা, 

āϘোāϰ āφঁāϧাāϰেāĻ“ āφāϞো।


āĻļুāĻ•্āϰāĻŦাāϰ, ā§Š āϜাāύুāϝ়াāϰি, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻ–্āϰি.

āĻŦাāϰ্āĻ•্āϞি, āĻ•াāϞিāĻĢāϰ্āύিāϝ়া 

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Darkness and Light

How harsh, cruel, violent, alas— 
This human species, 
Whose deeds bring tears to the eyes!
The heart is filled with pain;
The words do not come out of the mouth;
The day becomes black.

And yet, what kindness, love, courage!
The same species is laboring, 
Cherishing, nurturing, 
Giving lives in service. 
Hope in the midst of sorrow and pain;
Light in the deepest darkness.

2025 Jan 3, Fri.
Berkeley, California
English version via Google Translate,
(very lightly edited for punctuation, etc.)

Friday, December 27, 2024

Prokritir P'oth-O'sthaitto-translation of Nature's Way-Transience


āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤিāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ / āĻ…āϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ
.
āϏূāϰ্āϝ-āĻ•িāϰāĻŖ āĻāϏে āĻ›ুঁāϞো āĻ—াāĻ›েāϰ āĻĄাāϞেāϰ āĻ•ুঁāĻĄ়ি। 
āϝাāĻ—āϞো āĻ›োঁāϝ়াāϝ় āĻĒাāĻĒāĻĄ়ি, āĻĒাāϤা। 
āĻšাāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āϚুāĻŽে āĻĻোāϞে। 
āϘ্āϰাāĻŖ āĻāϏে āϝাāϝ়, āĻŦাāϤাāϏ-āĻĻূāϤে,
āĻĒ্āϰেāĻŽেāϰ āĻļুāĻ­ āϘāϰে।
.
āϰাāϤেāϰ āĻāĻĄ়ে āϏāĻŦ āϚ’āϞে āϝাāϝ়। 
āĻ•াঁāĻĻিāϏ āĻ•েāύো, āĻ“āϰে?
.
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āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤেāϰ āϚূāĻĄ়াāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏাāĻ—āϰ-āϤীāϰে āύেāĻŽে, 
āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰ āφঁāϧাāϰে āĻĄুāĻŦে, āφāϞোāϝ় āφāĻŦাāϰ āωāĻ ে āĻāϏে, 
āĻŦাāϰে āĻŦাāϰে āϏেāχ āϚāĻ•্āϰ āϘোāϰে, 
āϤোāĻŽাāϝ় āφāĻŽাāϝ় āϧ’āϰে।
.
āϤাāϰাāϰ āφāĻ—ুāύ-āĻāĻĄ় āĻŦাāϰে-āĻŦাāϰে 
āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦেāϰ āϧোঁāϝ়া-āϧুāϞো āϟেāύে āĻāύে, āϜুāĻĄ়ে,
āύāϤুāύ āϰূāĻĒে āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽāĻšাāĻ•াāĻļে āĻ›োāĻĄ়ে। 
āϤাāϰāχ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏেāχ āĻĢোঁāϟাāĻ—ুāϞো,
āϝাāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏāĻŦ āϜীāĻŦ-āĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖী।
.
āϤāĻŦে āĻ•োāĻĨা āĻĨেāĻ•ে āφāϏে, āĻŦāϞো,
āϚেāϤāύাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļ, āĻ–ুāĻļি-āĻŦ্āϝāĻĨাāϰ āϟাāύাāϟাāύি,
āϏ্āĻŦāϝ়āĻ™্āĻ—েāϰ āϜāύ্āĻŽ, āϏ্āĻŦাāϰ্āĻĨেāϰ āĻĻাāĻŦি,
āĻ•āϰুāĻŖা-āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻ•েāϰ āϟেāϰ?
.
āĻāϰāχ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ, āĻĒাāύ, āĻ–াāĻ“āϝ়া,
āĻŽৈāĻĨুāύ, āĻ–ুāύ-āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ-āϏংāĻšাāϰ।
āĻāϰāχ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏāĻŦ āĻŽিāϞāύ-āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏা,
āϏāĻŦ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽ, āϧāϰ্āĻŽ, āĻŽাāϝ়া-āĻĻāϝ়া।
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āϝে āφāϞো āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤ-āϚূāĻĄ়াāϝ় āĻ­াāϏে, 
āϝে āφঁāϧাāϰ āϏাāĻ—āϰেāϰ āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰ āϤāϞে āĻŦāϝ়ে, 
āϝে āĻŦাāϤাāϏ āĻŦāύেāϰ āĻ—াāĻ›ে āĻ—াāϝ়,
āϝে āĻšাāĻ“āϝ়া āĻĸেāωāϝ়েāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻ–েāϞে—
āĻāĻĻেāϰāĻ•ে āĻŦেঁāϧে āϰাāĻ–া āĻ•ি āϝাāϝ়?
.
āĻāĻĻেāϰ āϤো āĻļুāϧু āĻŽāύ-āĻŽāĻšāϞে 
āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻŦাāϏ। āϤাāϰ āĻĒāϰে āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ়। 
āϰোāĻĻেāϰ āĻ›োঁāϝ়াāϝ় āϝেāĻŽāύ āĻļিāĻļিāϰ-āĻĢোāϟা āϝাāϝ়, 
āĻŽাāϝ়েāϰ āĻĄাāĻ•ে āϤেāĻŽāύāχ āϤুāĻŽি-āφāĻŽি āϝাāĻŦো।
.
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āύিāϜেāϰ āĻ­াāĻ—্āϝে, āύিāϜেāϰ āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻে, 
āĻ•েāω āĻŦাāϜাāϝ় āĻŦাঁāĻļি, āĻ•েāω āĻŦাāϜাāϝ় āĻĸোāϞ। 
āĻ“āĻ—ো āĻ­াāĻ—্āϝে-āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻŽোāϰ, 
āϤেāĻŽāύāχ āϤুāĻŽি-āφāĻŽি, āϤেāĻŽāύāχ 
āϝা āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŦāϞি, āϝা āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•āϰি।
.
āĻ—াāĻ›েāϰ āĻĒাāϤা-āĻĢুāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϤ, āĻāχ āϜāĻ—āϤেāϰ āϜীāĻŦ।
āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻĻিāύেāϰ āϏুāĻ–েāϰ āĻŦাāĻĻে āφāϏে āĻĻুঃāĻ–, āĻ•্āϞেāĻļ।
āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āϤাāχ āϚ’āϞে āϝাāϝ়
āϘāϰ-āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ-āĻĻেāĻļ।
.
āϜীāĻŦāύে, āϏংāϏাāϰে, āύেāχ āĻ•োāύো āϏ্āĻĨিāϤি। 
āϤāĻŦুāĻ“ āĻāχ āϝে āĻŽূāϞ, āĻāχ āϝে āĻĒুāϞāĻ•-āĻŦ্āϝāĻĨা, 
āĻāχ āϝে āĻĻāϝ়া-āϟাāύ-āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏা, 
āϤাāϰāχ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦেঁāϚে āĻĨাāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ, 
āϤাāϰāχ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϚেāώ্āϟাāϰ, āϏংāĻ—্āϰাāĻŽেāϰ āϏাāĻšāϏ।
.
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āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϝāĻĻি āĻšাāϏāϤে, āĻ•াঁāĻĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰি, 
āĻ­াāĻ—্āϝে āϝāĻĻি āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻĻিāϤে āĻĒাāϰি, 
āϏেāχ āφāĻļীāώেāϰ āϏৌāĻ­াāĻ—্āϝে āϧāύ্āϝ-āϏুāĻ–ী 
āϤোāĻŽাāϰ-āφāĻŽাāϰ āϜāύ্āĻŽ-āϜীāĻŦāύ-āĻŽāϰāĻŖ—
āĻĢুāϞেāϰ āϝেāĻŽāύ।
.
āĻļāύিāĻŦাāϰ, ā§Šā§Ļ āύāĻ­েāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻ–্āϰি.
āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤিāϤ: āĻŦুāϧāĻŦাāϰ, ⧍ā§Ģ āĻĄিāϏেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ
āĻŦাāϰ্āĻ•্āϞি, āĻ•াāϞিāĻĢāϰ্āύিāϝ়া 
.

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Best and Worst

 
Best and Worst
 
We are blinded by hatred; we are blinded by greed.
We are blinded by what we've been taught.
We are swift in our anger, slow in our love.
Our minds--they are sold and are bought.  
 
The worst of the west, the worst of the east,
And the worst of the north and the south
Are the things that we take, from our births to our graves,
As burdens on paths that we walk. 
 
The best of the west, the best of the east, 
And the best of the north and the south
Are forgotten, my friends, as we near to our ends,
In our thought, in our action, our talk...
 
Let us see what is worst, let us find what is best, 
Let us drop then our weights and our chains.
Let us find then the peace and the wisdom we need,
And the light on the path that sustains.
 
2024 Nov. 30
Berkeley, California


Monday, November 25, 2024

Danob-03-āĻĻাāύāĻŦ-ā§Ļā§Š-Demons-03

 
āĻĻাāύāĻŦ

āĻšে āĻšāϤāĻ­াāĻ—া āĻĒ্āϰāϜাāϤি,
āύিāϰ্āϞāϜ, āύিāώ্āĻ ুāϰ, āĻŦিāύাāĻļী,
āφāϤāĻ™্āĻ•েāϰ āĻ…āϏ্āϤ্āϰে, āĻ­āϝ়েāϰ āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰে,
āύāϰāĻ•েāϰ āĻ…āĻ­িāϜাāϤ āĻŦাāϏী!

āύিāϜেāĻ•ে 'āĻŽাāύāĻŦ' āĻŦāϞেāĻ“,
āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ•āϤাāϰ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ো āĻ•্āώāϝ়।
āĻ—āϰ্āĻŦে, āĻ›āϞāύে, āĻĻাāύāĻŦেāϰ āĻŦেāĻļে,
āĻĻাāύāĻŦিāĻ•āϤাāϝ় āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻ›ো āϜāϝ়।

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āĻ…āĻļ্āϞীāϞ, āĻšিংāϏ্āϰ āĻ•াāϜে āĻŽেāϤে,
āύিāϜেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāϰ্āĻĨেāϰ āωāύ্āĻŽাāĻĻ āĻ–োঁāϜে, 
āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ো āĻ•্āϰāĻŽāĻļ āĻ…āĻļিāĻŦ āĻĒিāĻļাāϚ, 
āĻŽāϤ্āϤ, āĻŦেāĻĻāύা-āĻ•্āϞেāĻļেāϰ āĻ­োāϜে।

āĻŦাāĻšিāϰে-āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰে āĻĻেāĻ–ে,
āϟেāϰ āĻĒেāϝ়ে, āϧ্āĻŦংāϏেāϰ āϰāĻĨে,
āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻ•েāϰ āĻĄাāĻ•āĻ–াāύি āĻļুāύে,
āĻĢিāϰে āĻāϏো āĻļাāύ্āϤিāϰ āĻĒāĻĨে।

āϏোāĻŽāĻŦাāϰ, ā§§ā§Ēāχ āĻ…āĻ•্āϟোāĻŦāϰ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻ–্āϰি.
āĻŦাāϰ্āĻ•্āϞি, āĻ•াāϞিāĻĢোāϰ্āύিāϝ়া

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Demons

We are beings of the rabid species,
Shameless, cruel, destructive,
With weapons of terror and scriptures of fear—
The elites and enforcers of hell!

We may call ourselves 'human' and yet
We have destroyed our own humanity.
With lies and with pride in our monstrous ways,
We have triumphed in monstrosity.

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In obscene and violent acts,
In the mad pursuit of our “interests”, 
We have turned from humans to demons, 
Drunkenly feasting on suffering and pain.

Looking around, and looking within,
Perched on our chariots of destruction,
Hearing the call of conscience,
Let us turn to the path of peace.

Oct 14 and Nov 21, 2024
Translated from Bengali: Nov 21and 25
Berkeley, California

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Bho'e cher'e o'nto're de'kh-āĻ­āϝ় āĻ›েāĻĄ়ে āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰে āĻĻ্āϝাāĻ–্-To Look, with Love, Within


āĻ­āϝ় āĻ›েāĻĄ়ে āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰে āĻĻ্āϝাāĻ–্ 

āϝে āĻĻেāĻļে āϜāύ্āĻŽ, āϝে āĻĻেāĻļে āĻŽāϰāĻŖ,
āϝে āĻĻেāĻļে āϏāĻĢāϰ, āĻŦাāϏা—
āϏে āϏāĻŦ āĻĻেāĻļে, āĻ•্āϰāϰāϤাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে,
āĻŦāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻ­াāϞāĻŦাāϏা।

āĻĻুāϟোāχ āĻĻেāĻ–েāĻ›ি, āĻĻুāϟোāχ āĻ›ুঁāϝ়েāĻ›ি,
āĻĻুāϟোāϰ-āχ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ি āĻĒাāύ।
āĻ•্āϰāĻŽāĻļ āĻŦুāĻেāĻ›ি, āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻĻেāĻļেāχ
āĻĻুāϟোāϰ-āχ āĻ­াāϟা āĻ“ āĻŦাāύ। 
  
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āϝেāĻŽāύ āĻļāϤ্āϰু, āϝেāĻŽāύ āĻŽিāϤ্āϰ, 
āĻŦুāĻেāĻ›ে āĻ•āĻŦীāϰ-āϰুāĻŽি,
āĻļুāĻ–-āĻĻুঃāĻ–ে, āĻŦাāϏāύা-āĻŦ্āϝāĻĨাāϝ়,
āϤেāĻŽāύ-āχ āφāĻŽি-āϤুāĻŽি।

āϰাāϤেāϰ āĻļেāώে, āĻ­োāϰেāϰ āφāϞো,
āϏাঁāĻেāϰ āĻļেāώে āϰাāϤ—
āĻ āĻ­াāĻŦে āφāϏে, āĻ āĻ­াāĻŦে āϝাāϝ়
āϜীāĻŦāύ, āĻļাāϏāύ, āϜাāϤ। 

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āύেāχ āĻ•োāύো āύিāϚু, āύেāχ āĻ•োāύো āωঁāϚু,
āφāĻ›ে āĻļুāϧু āφāϏা-āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া, āϤাāχ—
āĻļাāύ্āϤিāϤে āĻāϏে, āĻļাāύ্āϤিāϤে āĻĨেāĻ•ে,
āĻļাāύ্āϤিāϤে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া āϝেāύো āĻĒাāχ।

āύেāχ āĻ•োāύো āĻŦেāĻĄ়া, āύেāχ āĻ•োāύো āĻĒāϰ—
āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰে-āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰে āĻāĻ•।
āϤাāχ āĻŦ’āϞি āϤোāϰে, ‘āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়েāϰ āφঁāĻ–ে
āĻ­āϝ় āĻ›েāĻĄ়ে āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰে āĻĻ্āϝাāĻ–্’।

āĻŦুāϧāĻŦাāϰ, ā§§ā§Šāχ āύāĻ­েāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻ–্āϰি.
āĻŦাāϰ্āĻ•্āϞি, āĻ•াāϞিāĻĢāϰ্āύিāϝ়া 

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To Look, with Love, Within

The land of birth, the land of death,
The lands of journeys, ends:
In all these lands, the rivers flow—
Of cruelty and care.

I’ve seen and felt their presence, yes—
I’ve tasted both their waters.
In every land, I’ve realized, 
These rivers ebb and surge.

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As with the foe, so with the friend—
As Kabir and as Rumi had seen—
In joy and in war, in pleasure and pain, 
So also with me and with you.

At the end of the night, the light of dawn;
At the end of the dusk, the dark.
And so they come, and so they go—
The lives and the reigns and the species. 

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There’s neither a higher or lower, my friend—
There’s only the coming and going. 
Arriving in peace, remaining in peace,
In peace let us die and depart. 

There’s neither a “self” nor an “other”—no,
In essence, we each are the same.
Let us leave aside fear and venture to dare
To look then, with love, within.

2024, Nov. 13, Wed.
(transl. from Bengali to English, Nov.16)
Berkeley, California






Monday, October 21, 2024

Danob-02-āĻĻাāύāĻŦ-ā§Ļ⧍-Monster-02

 
āĻĻাāύāĻŦ-ā§Ļ⧍
  
āĻšে āĻšāϤāĻ­াāĻ—া āĻĒ্āϰāϜাāϤি, 
āύিāϰ্āϞāϜ, āύিāώ্āĻ ুāϰ, āĻŦিāύাāĻļী, 
āĻšিংāϏা-āϞোāĻ­েāϰ āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰে, 
āĻŦ্āϝāĻĨা-āĻ­āϝ়েāϰ āĻ…āϏ্āϤ্āϰে, 
āύāϰāĻ•েāϰ āϜāϞ্āϞাāĻĻ āĻŦাāϏী!
  
āύিāϜেāĻ•ে 'āĻŽাāύāĻŦ' āĻŦāϞেāĻ“, 
āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ•āϤাāϰ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ো āĻ•্āώāϝ়।
āĻ—āϰ্āĻŦে, āĻ›āϞāύে, āĻĻাāύāĻŦেāϰ āĻŦেāĻļে, 
āϝুāĻ—ে āϝুāĻ—ে, āĻĻেāĻļে āĻĻেāĻļে,
āĻĻাāύāĻŦিāĻ•āϤাāϝ় āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻ›ো āϜāϝ়।
 
ā§§ā§Ē, ā§§ā§Ģ, ⧍⧧ āĻ…āĻ•্āϟোāĻŦāϰ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻ–্āϰি.
āĻŦাāϰ্āĻ•্āϞি, āĻ•াāϞিāĻĢোāϰ্āύিāϝ়া 
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Monster-02 (Google's translation, lightly edited)
   
O wretched species, 
Shameless, cruel, destructive, 
With your scriptures of spite and greed, 
With your weapons of pain and fear--
The torturer of hell!
   
While calling yourself 'human', 
You have destroyed humanity.
In pride, in guile, in monster-guise, 
Throughout the ages, across this world,
You have won by your monstrosity.
  
14, 15, 21 October, 2024 
Berkeley, California