Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Prelude
Immortal and undecaying these poems, I know, will die one day;One day all fame and immortality will fall flat among the debris.The Himalayas, the..
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The Earth
Darkness devours here catching lights,The way a lizard devours mosquitoesCatching one after one with its tongue.Here terrorism swallows captured..
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To Obama
Your rise to power was the victory of humanity;You, the real son of America, savedYour country from disgrace.Sometimes I ask to myself, 'Is he..
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The Mujibnama: Book 1
The MujibnamaAn Epic on Sheikh Mujib, the Father of Nationby Sayeed AbubakarTranslation in English: Sayeed AbubakarBook 1It was a hero who roared..
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The Daughter Was Named Mary
When she was born,The moon of the sky smiled.But her mother's bright faceTurned pale.She recollected her pastAnd got frightened.Being a girl was a..
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The Song Of The Endangered Trees
We are living beings too.We too have sorrows, pains, sufferings, tears,Joy and happiness as well as the right, like yours,To survive on earth.We..
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Bongo-Language (Poem By Michael Modhusudan Dutt)
O Bongo, so many gems in your store!Still I (what an ignorant!) , neglectingYou, went abroad getting mad to obtainOther's wealth and hurried to start..
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Hate Not, Love
Hate not, love; love which way the soil loves trees,Water loves fishes and Air loves our lives.Love Man, love animals, love this lovelyEarth. Don't..
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Time Has Stopped Like A Broken Clock
Time has stopped like a broken clock,My eyes are glued to your beauty;It will be a matter of shockIf the Time starts doing its duty.If Time moves..
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When I Will Not Exist
When I will not exist on this beautiful earth,My poems will exist like the sky, hills and seas;In the green forests birds will sing their songs of..
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Ode To Fabrizio Frosini
I have not seen ever a sky like youadorned with so many sweet stars;I have not seen ever a sea like youreplete with so many dolphins and whales;I..
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Tune Of Beauty
There is no sound, no voice, even no fall of leavesAnywhere. This tune only blows within the fathomlessDepth of heart day and night without any..
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The War Of Dogs
Often I see through my windowA group of dogs quarrel with anotherGroup in my locality. They live onTwo different streets.If any one of them tries to..
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The Humanists
Setting the traps to kill men,The only word they utter—Humanity! Humanity!The stain of blood is on their handsAnd burning fire into their eyes;The..
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The Golden Kabin (14 Sonnets By Al Mahmud)
Sonnet-1No gold coin I have; Do not demand any dower, O my Doe;If you take, I can give my dowerless two hands.No self-selling gold I have stored..
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God And A Sinner
Sinner:When a sinner cries with sigh, pain and tears,What do You do, O God, tell me. Tell me,What do You do with him who cries and fearsYour wrath..
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Whore (Poem By Kazi Nazrul Islam)
Who calls you whore, o mother,who spits upon you?May be, a chaste woman like Sitasuckled you milk.Though not chaste, you belong to the familyof our..
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The Egalitarian (Poem By Kazi Nazrul Islam)
I sing the song of equality,in which all obstacles and distances are dissolved,in which the Hindus, the Buddhists, the Muslimsand the Christians have..
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Love And Hatred
It is love that can bindThe whole mankind.It is hatredThat can divideAnd affect all,The poor, the rich, the big, the small.It's time to leadA war..
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Rain And You
Rain is divine,Lovely is rain,Medicine fineThat kills all pains.When I feel boredAnd when lonely,Rain opens doorOf peace only.It offers peaceTo my..
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Poem For New Year
A boy sitting beside the high way from dawn to duskeither in the sun or in the rain without umbrellabreaks down bricks with hammer every day;the..
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My Heart Is Cool
My heart is cool,For it is fullOf your sweet memory.My eyes are calm,For they've becomeEden of your sweet love.
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Language Does Not Work
Language does not workWhen two hearts speak.When two souls talk,Language becomes dumb.Language becomes thenStars of the sky,Waves of the seaAnd..
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