Apr 7, 2011

This is my place by the shores

এই আসা-যাওয়ার খেয়ার কূলে আমার বাড়ি
Ei asha-jawar kheyar koole amar bari

This is my place by the shores
Where seamen share crossroads
Some nearing up at me,
Some leaving for distant sea

The pilgrims sing curious songs,
Their flutes, strange and airborne,
Their trenchant tunes wrench my heart
My spirit yearns to listen on.

Wonder what they have to say
Who is it they seek to find,
Wonder what they take away.

Their music merges with missives,
As if they held secret pleas
Between the near and far-off seas,
Their trenchant tunes wrench my heart
My spirit yearns to sail astray

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