Unlettered Poem by ferdous mahmud

He is unlettered;
sometimes hear him read bangle newspaper.
Read letter also if it is arrived to him,
Write reply that letters.
Often like to him syllable-sense but he fells not.
Bangle syllables appear to him childish pick.
He said, Prophet Muhammad is unlettered.
Fakir Lalon did not reading.

I laugh his talking.
Once, I meet an Japanese poet.
Poet send me Japanese magazine,
That is full of Japanese alphabets.
I looked at the magazine page by page,
Japanese alphabets appear to me pretty drawing.

He stands beside me, looking at the magazine
And says, `pretty'. I also say, `pretty'
And fell now no discrepancy between him to me.
We both are unlettered of Japanese alphabets!

Listen, Children born unlettered,
Man unlettered like flower-bird and tree! !