Assumed

That which shall be preserved,
Within the folds of my wrinkle ,
Some memories, that shall glitter,
When my blind eyes twinkle !

That which shall my hands hold,
As it shivers from weakened nerves,
Will I still search you, then too,
In my withered flower and dried herbs !

My hair grey, chin down,
Pulse slow, and heart rarely beat,
If you haunt me in my graves,
I shall know, all was worth it !

~Manjuri~

A Summer Again !

The sun is scorching,
Sand burns in heat,
It is the waves,
That rise and fall,
With my each heart-beat !

Far far in that horizon,
Where my eyes stretch to reach,
I find you no more,
Hidden behind the clouds,
Or fathomed in shore beneath !

Summer comes, summer goes,
Spring is not eternal either,
It is me whose relentless wait,
Makes all the seasons equal,
And in all, you and I forever loiter !

~Manjuri~

শেষ দেখা ...

শেষ দেখা ...

কেন আঘাত করো
রুদ্ধ কপাটে মোমো ?
আমি নিভিয়াছি ,
শেষ রজনীর ,
শেষ শিখা সমো ...
অরুনাস্থের শেষ রশ্নি ,
রান্গিয়াছিল মোর ,
শেষ আকাশের কোন ,
সেও মিলিয়াছে ..
হলো বহুক্ষণ ..
কেন তবে ? হে অচেনা ,
বারবার আসো ফিরিয়া ..
মোর ললাটে দিবে ,
আবার আঁকিয়া ..
তোমার জয়ের ..
শেষ রক্তটিকা ..?
আমি পরাজিত ,
হে পথিক ..
বহু যূগ আগে ..
মানিয়াছি হার ..
তোমারে দেবার ..
তরে গাঁথিযাছি ..
মোর শেষ পুষ্পে 
এই মোর শেষ মালাখানি ..
আমি জানি ..
এই মোর শেষ দান ,
শেষ অভিমান ..
এর পর যাহা রবে ..
মলীন স্মৃতি মাখা ..
মনে রেখো ..
এই মোদের শেষ দেখা ...
তোমার আমার এই শেষ দেখা !

~মঞ্জরী~

A Wish !

• I want to be a piece of cloud,
  A vagabond by birth,
  Floating on my pace own,
  Far away from this earth !
  
  None to resist my reckless flight,
  None to call me home,
  Oh ! What a mirth it would be,
  Flying all alone !
  
  I could flirt with the wind strong,
  Gaze at that loving moon,
  Stars and sun would be close by,
  Yet, my freedom of being alone !
  
  Then I would get heavy one day,
  And would want to pour down,
  My joys would be droplets then,
  Dropping all alone !
  
  From brooks to rivers I would flow,
  And from rivers to that sea,
  Again in vapours I would rise,
  And again float in cloudy glee !
  
  If I do become a cloud someday,
  And get my lone flight,
  I would come to see you oneday,
  However you try and hide !
  
  I shall catch you unaware,
  As you gaze at me,
  Wondering, 'oh this cloud, I know,
  Does it not look like she' !
  
  I shall smile at your folly,
  You knew not, it was me,
  And the joy of seeing you...
  A cloud, someday, I must be !
  
  ~Manjuri~

Stranger !

Fossil of my own existence,

Gets renewed in time,

Who are you, beckoning ,

Who are you, divine ?

I have walked passed,

Many centuries, now no more,

Surfed the roughest sea,

None to call me ashore !

Walked alone the coldest night,

None to light my pyre,

Who are you now ?

Pulling me towards the fire ?

Oh stranger, oh unknown ,

Call me not so strong,

I am fragile, I am frail,

Am forgotten lyrics of a song !

I qualm in the name of love,

Fears haunts an entire me,

Call me not, oh wanderer, 

Frozen me, cannot feel for thee !

Shadow Of The Heart !

When darkness deepens, at dead of night,

And the globe gets lost, in its shadow own,

My ears gets haunted, and my senses filled,

When I devour, annihilate, and get lost in,

A faint, long lost voice from domain unknown !

Aberration dissolves, between pain and joy,

Tears that flow from eyes, gets its due worth,

Love, remains coffined in my caged soul,

For, I know, this shall not end, I know,

After a death, I shall get an awaited re-birth !

Again a fresh course of pain shall resume,

A trust to be throttled and killed again,

And abandoned love shall seek path,

A story shall renew itself, get started,

To end again, in the shadow of its own heart !