Shamik Kumar Bose Poems

O Morn Sun!
Behold! My dew is now sleeping

She is a baby whom my Nigh has born
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In Quietude on the waterfront, I hear the kissing sound of water
on the lovely pebbles
That sound reminds me of a deep love once made in heaven
and now on my earth, under a mellow'd beam
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/* A translation of Poet Rabindranath Tagore's Poem 'Shah-Jehan' */

O Shah-Jahan! The Godly Emperor of India
Thou knew this fact so well,
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It was composed by Anand Bakshi for the movie 'Amar Prem'. The song at http: //www.youtube.com/watch? v=kpM0jPd6-7w

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Inside your sphere I am a hapless soul
Welcome me into your shell
And give me the happiness I never find elsewhere
You nymph for loneliness- descend on mind like a gliding eagle
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This is a translation of a famous poem by Bengali Poet Jibanananda Das. The original poem was composed on 1934. More so at
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banalata_Sen

Banalata Sen
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While at Midnight I am sitting upon the wooden bench in my park.
The green grass, tired on a day's journey, now sleeping...
Along with him, sleeping all the souls,
Who share the same park, the same complex.
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Hope, you have stood by me with a friend's gesture
Now I can't say, hoping against hope in one humor
I have learnt to seek you in despair with fervent desire
I feel the warmth of your glow as you flicker
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Stand there my sweet little charming
And just keep on smiling
Teach me once more what you are playing
Watching you in silence while you are roaming
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Have I ever wept on a mountain's grief?

The sadness so profound, yet so majestic
That thy strongest heart bore since thou wert born
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