This one is written for Cheeku’s present love. Yes, finally she is in love again. I wrote this when she requested me to write something for her love. No wonder in Facebook many people say - Relationship Status - ‘Its Complicated’.

Kalboishakhi ke tumi chle jete bolecho
Bar bar - mana korini.
Bar bar tulecho anchol - deini badha.
Ebar nagno hao
Dekhbo tomake ar chokhe,
Dur dur kore dao kalboishakhi -
Paroa korina.

Theko ghanoghor mehg-e,
Theko chera batas-e,
Surjotapa dilli-te aar
Ghemo kolkatay.
Krishnochura laal hole
Theko hastomoithun-e.
Golap jakhon sabuj,
Ghumiye theko;
Kash ful-e bhor hobe
Sangam shesh-e.

Kolkatay aaj bristi nameni.
Sei ardhek raat theke
Uttap kamona koreche
Je rajtanaya,
Dhakuriya alo kore se bole othe;
Chalo bhai autowala
Ektu taratari ache,
E shorir akebare pure jaoar age
Ghare firte chai.

Mele noi,
Du chokh bandho kore dekhbo tomake.
Mombati-r adho andhokare
Jakhan sajabe fuldani,
Janalar parda sariye deoar chole
Jakhan chaibe r ektu samay,
Cha-er cup ar chamocher thung thang…
Bhenge debe sab nistabdhata.
Jakhan antobihin pore
Amar niswas pabe tomar thikana…
Jhore para buk-er anchol
Tule diye dekhbo tomake,
Dui buk r andhokare
Du chokh bandho kore.

Hotel-r ei ghare ami eka noi aaj,
Tumio acho.
Acho bichanay, balis-e,
Mithye holeo
Acho roomservice-r hasite.
Deshlaita rekhechi matha-r kache,
Haat-r sajotne natun mombati.
Ekhan tumi chailei
Jwaliye nebo pryojan-r agun.
Chailei jwalabo balis, chador.
Jodi chao aro agun,
Agun hoye neme jabo mejhete.
Shudhu akta ishara kore dekho,
Futanto jal-e korbo snan,
Tin bar, char bar…
Tarpar fire jeo,
Fire jeo nijer ghare,
Na chaileo eka-e chai hote chai aaj.

Bus-r janla theke dekhi
Theke gecho ak stop age.
Ei roko, ekhuni thamao
Fire jete habe.
Raasta perote amar bhoi kare,
Tarpar du duto redlight,
Ache asonkho auto
Ar ak hantu jal.

Railway crossing theke dekhi
Chole jaoa train-e tumi.
Shunchen? Jete din please.
Ei nin cigarette,
Pachondo karena o
Thik gandho pabe.
Dhakuria pouchanor agei
Jnapabo bhetore.

Sondhye-r chad theke dekhi
Tumi lamp post-r neeche.
Kalo cargo ar hena makha chul
Miliye jachhe t-shir-r dhushore.
Jhunke pore haat barai,
Lamp post-r alo
Sab dhushor shushe neoar age
Chnute habe.
Ebar parboi, palabe kothay?

Apologies for not updating with a new post for a whole week. I am on a grueling tour to Orissa trying to do some concrete things for the education of unprivileged children. Here are some “Break Up Quotes” which I borrowed from www.poemofquotes.com. My favorite is the one said by Oscar Wilde - ‘The heart was made to be broken’. Its simple but so very true.

“Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.” - Anonymous

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” - Kahlil Gibran

“I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don’t know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel better. It just does. Sometimes I see a really great outfit, I’ll break up with someone on purpose.” - Rita Rudner

“The hottest love has the coldest end.” - Socrates

“It takes a couple seconds to say Hello, but forever to say Goodbye.” -Anonymous

“I ne’er can love another
As long as life may stand.
No maid the wide world over
Shall hold this heart or hand.” - Anonymous

“Take away love and our earth is a tomb.” - Robert Browning

“And I shall find some girl perhaps, and a better one than you, With eyes as wise, but kindlier, and lips as soft, but true, and I daresay she will do.” - Rupert Brooke

“Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.” - Anonymous

“The heart was made to be broken.” - Oscar Wilde

This one is bit different from my other poems. Wrote this for one my dearest friend who , very rightly, proud to a lesbian. She is one of kindest human human being I have ever met.

Natun Sakal

Tumi lal tip porle surjoday hai,
Spagetti-r kalo megh sore giye
Neel-era hese othe,
Gaan gaay beguni pakhi
Ar sondhye-r somudre
Haabudubu ak koti jahaj.

Jakhan valobaso,
Thoth rakho Tanushree-r buke,
Anguler gheratope tar joni
Lingonnoto jhar
Path bodliye barshik thikanay
Via digha bangladesh.

Jadi hat rakho nijer gobhire,
Nishabdo bikel belay
Chupichupi ase Dorothy,
School-e sirite takhan Barsha
Ar basketball court-r mejhete
Bechano ritumoti jaal.

Tomar sabuj tip aane tritiyo biplab
Beguni pakhira fere ghare,
Jhar thame, thame Barsha
Dharmoriye jege uthe
Sada chadore dhako stanbrinto
Calling bell-e natun sakal.

Behisebi ami
Obhijog ta tomar barabor chilo.
“Megh-ra ador korte ele ghumiye thako,
Bristi ke firiye dao dur dur kore.
Amar thot-e thot rekhe
Chokh rakho chok-e.
Aar katobar bolbo
Thot-e thot rakhle chokh bandho rekho,
Purota pabe amake - sab kichu.
Behisebi tumi
Kal raat-e esechilam megh-r saje,
Parshu dupure
Nemechilam bristi hoye.”

Ei dekho Cheeku
Hiseber Khata.
Aaj sakalei kinlam sade das taka diye.
Ebar theke megh-ra ele bristi habei.
Aar akta akta kore bristi-r fonta
Joma korbo buker bhetor,
Shukiye jaoa ei buk sagor hole
Behisebi bolte parbe na.

Tears rolled down my cheeks when I read Bala’s (Balaarjunan) poems for the first time. I though this guy must be knowing about me and Cheeku and has written these poems for me! I am not exaggerating - these days I read his poems every day. Yes, I want to say these to my Cheeku. I want to write the same way for her. But feeling the same way and writing are two different things. Even an emotional fool like me understands that. So, I requested Bala whether I could use his poems in this site and like Rachel Etheridge, Bala has also agreed. Thank you Bala.

Luv Hurts…
By Balaarjunan

My luv is too big for me to care about
but its too small for u to think about…

Thou my nights r colorful wit Ur dreams
still my days mourn in ur absence.

Even in a strand of Ur hair, I see my luv
but u glimpse my luv as a strand of hair…

Ur words are octets and Ur silence is my sonnet.
still it portrays only elegiacs

U mean so much & I care dat much
nothing I expect, & am set aback
better I watch u from there
so far yet so near…

Not all gestures of love
strokes of ur lash will do
i’ll be fulfilled

Wen I think of luv, I think of U
both hurt me,
Luv hurts me wit U,
and U hurt me witout luv