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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A poet is as vast as his dreaming,
A poet is as great as his thought—
A poet is as lofty as his verse,
A poet is as human as his spine.
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The Polygon of Fate
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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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