Sealed Soul !

What more could the year
Give or take ?
Had given me hypnotized heart..
Where you the magician..
Shall live forever..
And a perished soul..
Which is void..
Closed ... forever...
No more entries or exits !
Its sealed.. my soul !

~Manjuri~

Go Away !

I love this young night..
Senses half gone...
Half alive..
You all over...
In my eyes...
In my soul...
In my lips...
In words, untold...
I breathe in...
Your fragrance ...
Traps me...!
I breathe out...
I vanish in you...
You are everywhere...
In my goblet..
In my wine...
In my sinking pulse...
Where shall I go...
To find you no more...?
Go away before my senses lapse...
For once you are gone...
I too shall not be back !

~Manjuri~

Last Night !

Last night the winter sky..

Sparkled .. like a glass..

Filled with champagne..

Each star appeared drunk..

Moon was absent...

Not a trace of it there...

I watched on !

Night deepened like my heart..

From midnight to past it...

Time ticked away..

In my wrist...

I could not think..

Neither of me... nor of you..

All memories haphazard ..

Suddenly one star fell ...

I know not where...

I wished on it...

Then, like a child..

Playing hide and seek..

I came to  get a peep..

Had gone to see you...!

Tip-toed I walked..

Scared the world may ..

Be disturbed in its slumber...

I went to see you.. !

Yes.. I did see..

A awakened me..

Within the lids..

Of your closed eye !

~Manjuri~

Rebirth !

That night, do you remember..
How the moon danced..
The stars swayed in the mid-sky !
Were they drunk like us ?
That night, when the time halted..
In us... time froze.. 
I sought comfort... in your eyes..
You sought love.. in my heart..
That night was beautiful..
That night, I submerged in you..
And you emerged from my soul..
We both were born again !

~Manjuri~

Longings !

At this moment :


My head needs the comfort of your shoulder..
My eyes longs for your face..
My skin craves for your touch..
My ears desires your voice..
My fingers wants to be locked in yours..
My lips trembles..
My heart beats in yours..
My smile vanishes in your lips..

This morning..
Coming noon..
Then the evening...
Then the night whole...

My longings never change.. !

~Manjuri~ 

Freedom

Him that I love..
Today I set free..
From all I have..
From every part of me..
Today I open my arms..
Not to close again...
In love... I know now..
There's no end.. nowhere to begin..
The more I hold...
More it escapes...
Like ether in the palm...
Vanishes.. no forms it has... no shapes...
I wash myself from within...
Anew I am left in me..
Happiness of him.. only matters...
To my locked lips... its the only key !
Nothing remains far or near...
Except some memories about to fade...
Yet... if this world is a world of fire...
My few moments of bygone love is the shade...
I know not, what I pen... 
I do not know my life...
Long I have been dead to myself...
Only to my love am alive...!

~Manjuri~

Love !

That evening, life was full..
Full to the brim...
One touch deep within..
Woke me up..
From slumber of years..!
That stirred my soul..
And Am still awake..
Years after that..
My eyes bereft of slumber..
Devoid of dreams...
Stares on nothing..
Oh if this is love..
Let none tread onto it..
It cheats, it lies..
True it is not..
Take a leaf, from my book..
And breathe awhile...
Love not ... love none...
It only kills.. !

~Manjuri~

Tones Of Sepia !

How will I walk down..
Take my steps to reach you again.. ?
I know not where this road leads to..
Nor, if you still wait, at the bend !

Heart says walk further..
Mind says, give up, take a turn..
I stand still, gazing at nothing..
Neither happy nor forlorn !

Days come in, days go away..
With a day, goes volume of time..
And a tint of fading sepia I become..
Washed away from all colours prime !

~Manjuri~

Concealed !

Oh my hidden love,

You are the pearl in my tears...
You a sparkle in my smile..
You a beat in heart's core..
You my air, when I breathe for a while..!

You are the shimmer in my champagne..
You the lustre in my glass of wine..
You are the colour in my drunken eyes..
You are my lonely night's shine..

You are the feeling of first spring day..
You the morning winter chill...
You my warmth in summer days..
You my rain on window-sill !

You are hues on my garden blooms..
You are the my joy in butterfly..
You are the infinite in finite me..
You are the ocean, where I have lost "I" !

~Manjuri~

In Choice !

I choose to be with you..


In my reality and.. in my dream..
In my one life and .. hundreds after it..
In my senses and.. when I am out of it..
In my laughter and..in my tears..
In my sorrow and.. as much in my joy..
In my giving and..in my receiving ..
In my heart eternal and..in my body perishing..
In my leisure and...when am working..
In my words and .. in my silence...
In my creation and..when I construct nothing..
In my walks in the morning and.. in idle evening...
In my routine day and.. in my haphazard night..
In my beginnings and.. in all my ends..

I choose to be with you..

~Manjuri~

Complete !

I... a whole I, tucked in your arm,
When I bore nothing, but you,
In my eyes, in my heart,
In my breath, a you..
Entwined I was, 
In you..
Like that creeper,
Of money plant..
Which cuddled the grills
Of my balcony..
I lay numb..
Dead to my own sensations..
Nothing kept me alive,
But your touches..
Like a baby..
Sleeping in mother's womb..
I slept in you...
Where, untimely separation...
Called for death...
Even separated... we are one...
One whole of me...
In a part of you !

~Manjuri~

Words !

Today my words are flowing..
I have no control over them..
They dance... they create..
They throb ... they exist...
Am not incomplete today...
Am full to the brim..!
The beauty once you had given..
Is reflecting today...
In my words and me...
Come and see..
Come and feel..
How my words seal ..
You in  a symphony ..
You in a rhythm...
You in a piece of music ...
Each word of mine...
Tuned... and framed..
For you, in you..
Or else, words are sound..
Mere noise.. from which 
Ashes rise..
Today they are poetry..
Beautiful and complete !

~Manjuri~

Evening !

Evening arrives on my senses..
Am getting engulfed..
My breath tangled ..
My pulse ticking...
As I run down the corridor..
Corridor of memories..
Magic wand of time..
Is waved somewhere..
I begin to run backward...
Away from myself...
Towards you ?
Twilight it is..
Somewhere in-between..
Day and night..
Time freezes...
I freeze...
Every evening same story..
By night all settles down...
My breath renews its life...
I live on, again ..
Onto a new tomorrow...
Again waiting...
For a memorable new evening !

~Manjuri~

Trap !

In my verses heart..
Deep within..
In my word's soul..
In my creation..
I have locked you !
This lock has no key..
However you try, maybe..
You cannot flee..

Net I have spun..
With my poem..
I trap you in them..
Each day, in a new way !
The day my words end..
And I have nothing to pen..
You are then free..
Free from me and my poetry !

~Manjuri~

Last Love !

The night deepens like my heart...
And we are still apart...
Oh my love...
Come to haunt...
Haunt my senses..
Blend in my whisky..
Let me sip you...
Oh my love...
My last love...!


The night deepens like my heart...
And we are still apart...
Oh my love..
Come... to rule my dreams...
Dance and sing with me...
Hold my breath in yours..
Let me live..
Oh my love...
My last love ... !


The night deepens like my heart...
And we are still apart...
Oh my love...
Come to be me...
Let you become me...
I become you...
When we are one..
Oh my love...
My last love ... !

~Manjuri~

Journey Towards Oblivion !

I want to speak to you..
In a language alien..
Neither you understand..
What I say..
Nor I grasp.. what I blabber...
Let words die..
Within our conversation !
I want to dream of you..
In a reverie unknown..
Neither you appear..
In it fully..
Nor I let you go..
Even partially..
I want to walk with you..
Though the path untrodden..
Neither you know..
Where it leads to...
Nor am I aware..
Of its final goal..

Come let the dream begin..
Of undeciphered words..
Walking towards unknown..
Blindfolded .. life's eye..
Neither life sees us..
Nor we see life...
But we run... together..
To reach somewhere...
Someday... 
Where celestial joy..
Bedecks our path..
We tip and fall...
Onto each other..
We rise again...
With each other...
And colours burst out..
Into a rainbow...
Before we fade into oblivion !

~Manjuri~

Drunken With Life

At this moment all is beautiful..
Yes I am drunk..
Life served me wine, I drank..
Now its time, I slip into you..
My words are more drunk..
My poetry dresses in trance..
Come my love, come to me..
Hold my hand... let us dance ..
You gave me joy infinite..
In two days you gave me a world..
They say Drunkards do not lie..
Then am too is telling the truth...
However momentary those hours were..
They came .. and went by..
None saw... but you and me..
Look within... in you I still lie..
You fed me with poison...
I got my life...
I breathe in you.. I live in you...
Especially in moments like these..
When I forget myself...
Ego dissolves...
And I just mix in you...
Come before tomorrow...
Before my senses are back..
With senses I too act, like you..
Uncaring, unloving, I become !
Come now, night is young...
Younger in my love...
In you I once emerged..
In you... let me end...
Today, tomorrow and always !

~manjuri~

Unreasonable Love !

My love for you knows no reason..
No limits is it aware of..

I love you, like the floating cloud..
Clouds that love its sky..
I love you like the flowing river..
River that loves its ocean..
I love you like the singing bird..
Bird that love its branches..
I love you like a butterfly..
A butterfly that love is flower..
I love you like the moon and stars..
Planets that love the night sky..
I love you like a drop of dew..
Dew that love its winter grass..

I too don't know how and why..
I love you so very much !

~Manjuri~

Rekindle !

Hold my tired soul for a while,
Blow some air into it..
Long since I lived a little..
Strangulated in life's pit !

Catch my eyes, put into yours..
Long since I saw..
Frozen vision awaits you..
My tears awaits a thaw !

Clasp my fingers with yours..
They have fallen still..
Words of heart, reach them not..
How will you heal ?

Take me to your chest once..
Let your heart thrive..
Sound that shall reach my ears..
Shall keep me alive !

Rekindle the fire within you,
And let the flames burn..
Either I emerge anew from it..
Or into ashes, I turn !

~Manjuri~

Between Going And Gone !

How would I call you,
To walk a few steps..
With me..
On that old broken road..
Which now mosses adorn ..
Whispers forgotten lorn
Of unrequited love..
Cloud laden sky..
Twilight closes eyes..
November half the way..
You stranded, me lost..
And clasped hands freezes..
Autumn wants to leave..
Winter says no..
We.. standing on two sides..
Divided by pride..
We come and go..
Sometimes like sound..
Mostly like echo..
But still its true..
That you stay..
In some heart's bent ..
You, your scent..
You cross my eyes..
Each time I see the world..
I wonder, how shall I live..
If you stop giving me pain..
Never stop ... go on ..
Promise you got to make..
That pain you shall give..
In them I live..
In that broken, forlorn street..
With, water.. fallen leaf and some wind !

~Manjuri~

Treasure Trove !

Buried within ..
Is a treasure trove..
Filled to the brim..
It sparkles..
No, not diamond or pearl...
Nor gold has it, or silver..
Its light, is of love.
Once you had given,
Only once I had taken..
Giving ended..
Receiving goes on..
Each day I renew..
That which I got..
My love, refills itself..
My treasure trove ..
Always full !
As I sit alone..
And evening arrives..
Lights me up..
Memories tip-toes in..
You slip into my soul..
Open my treasure trove..
Fill up my senses..
And then leave !
Tonight, if you decide to go..
Go, but with a promise..
Tomorrow you shall give..
Give me the key..
The key to my soul..
Key to my heart's treasure trove !

~Manjuri~

Having Nothing !

Burn within to die slowly..

Oh love.. you punish thus..

Quietly moving from..

All to nothing..!

Love unaccepted..

Like love unreturned..

Shines like a rainbow..

In the moisture..

That gathers..

In the corner of eyes..

Smoke escapes, as a sigh..

Lips parched, smiles..

Sweet pain lingers..

As I sip..

The wine of life..

Goblet reflects, shines..

Having nothing, made me

The richest today !

~Manjuri~

In Search Of Myself !

Am leaving in search of myself,
Alone I shall walk..
If I find myself, I shall be back..
Or, I shall never again, return !

I will continue, to walk by the shore,
In search of none but me,
I shall find myself someday..
By fully losing myself, maybe !

I shall solve my mystery own..
And remove my own soul's veil..
Now in search of me let me go..
If I return, I shall tell you my tale..!

I shall die within, many a times,
And, this death shall on me shine,
And I shall rise from my ashes own,
And if I find myself, I shall again be thine !

~Manjuri~

Being Myself !

Sweet is the intoxication..
That flows from my eyes..
And I get drowned ..
In my tears own...
Sweet is the intoxication..
Which numbs my veins..
And I get frozen..
Within myself..
Sweet is the intoxication..
Which echoes in the air..
Like some late night music..
The sound of a mouth-organ..
Sweet is the intoxication..
That keeps me hidden..
From my own eyes..
Only to be sought by you..
Sweet is the intoxication..
Which gives me a lease of life..
Each night.. when I thought..
I was no more alive..
Sweet is the intoxication..
When I leave all..
To be with you..
And never come back..

Sweeter is the heaven, in which I dwell..
In peace, in love, and in utmost joy of being myself !!

~Manjuri~

My Love, Do Come !

Oh love, fill my senses up..
Fill to the brim..
Nothing more I long for..
But your touch..
In my dream..
Come slowly.. tip-toeing
Come to my heart..
I have never left you..
Love, its you...
You ... who moved apart..
Come tonight..
Am alone in my garden..
Bring me no flower..
Sensing your arrival
Blooms graced my bower...
Come love...
Come alone...
Bring none with you
Am alone only with myself
So be you !
Am drunk as the moon above..
Am shining bright too
Some say its my inner glow..
Only I know its my love
Shining for you !

~Manjuri~

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আজও তোমাকেই খুঁজতে !

তোমারে লয়ে চলিনু একা,
আমি তোমার লাবন্য,
সাগরে দিনু পাড়ি
 পেরিয়ে মরু অরণ্য !

এসো হে আমিত রায়
এসো, এই বালি আজ তপ্ত ,
আমার শীরায় বইছে দেখো
তোমারই নাড়ির রক্ত !

এই ঝর্ণা, এই পাইন,
এই রডোডেনড্রন এর ভাগ্যে,
আজও লেখা রয়েছে জেনো
আমারই মত, তোমাকেই খুঁজতে !

~ মঞ্জরী ~

Heart This Autumn Morning !

Autumn morning, 
Like a childhood friend,
Hugs my soul... 
Tide of memories 
Washes me from myself..
What I left behind,
My days of galore..
My mornings of bounty,
Evenings complete...
A me, from far hills,
Now watches the wave..
Smiling at my fate..
Like that ebb, that comes in,
Then, goes away..
I sway..
With all that is transient 
In me and my being..
All that I once held so dear
Now far they appear..
My eyes gathers smoke..
As I wake..
To a lonely autumn morning,
Far from my heart..
Far from home..
Making me realize..
Those and that we love..
Does not go away..
They remain within..
For us to play..
As solitude gathers..
Like winter mist..
Heart takes a plunge..
And comes out refreshed..
Beautifully alive again !

~Manjuri~

Winter Night

Night's clock ticks,
Time run towards you,
I flow..
I reach..
Open the door..
Am knocking !
Its cold outside..
Its snowing..
Allow me to sit ..
By the fire-place..
Ignite the lamp !
This moment is beautiful !
From night to midnight..
Hours become minutes..
Minutes becomes seconds..
Time stops..
World halts..
My step in your house..
Froze forever..
After the snow..
When sun shall shine..
Nothing shall melt..
I place word after word..
I darn all that is torn..
With my poetry..
I stitch my soul..
With your love..
Its snowing outside..
Take me in, open the door..
Am waiting .. !

~Manjuri~

No Blooms, No Wither !

I cannot love you any more..
Cannot love you less either..
My heart full to the brim..
Nothing now blooms or wither !

I cannot stop loving you,
Cannot begin again..
Each beat within talks of you,
My heart says you remain !

I cannot walk  to you,
Cannot walk away too..
You come once to see me..
And know how I live without you !

I cannot tell you in words ,
Cannot bear in silence as well..
Far in your sky, a star I am..
That once shone and fell !

I cannot breathe in..
Cannot breathe out my blue..
For, all I had, and all I have..
Begin and ends in you !

~Manjuri~

Reflection !

When my reflection rippled in you,
I blushed seeing my own face..
It was not me...
It was you..
Caressing me with your breathe..
Where is the difference ?
What is you, I am that..
You a picture, am a reflection..
You a voice, am the echo..
You the sky, am a star..
Never separate, hardly far..
I asked for your heart..
So that I keep it in my rib-cage..
It beat as me..
Ahh... no difference..
Neither of kind... nor of degree..
I am you... you are me !

~Manjuri~

Dissolved Reverie !

Last night I was with you..
Moon was veiled ..
Light was dim..
I stood beyond the stars..
Leaning onto you..
Night drank from our eyes..
We hummed a song..
A melody was born..!

No words spoken,
No voice heard..
Myriad hues of sky-flowers..
Bloomed in our soul..
For a while..
Afar from all..
Two hearts thrived..
As one..!

A little before dawn..
My dream was gone..
Space vanished in space..
I faded into you..
Nothing remained anywhere..
Washed and cleansed my spirits..
Awaits for another night..
For a reverie to get life..!

Again shall it come..
To live for a night..
Before it dissolves..
Into the heart of eternity !

~Manjuri~

Intoxicated !

Slowly very slowly 
I slip into nothing,
Senses numb, 
Vision blurs..
World a paradise !
Smile infects my lips..
I hug my memories..
The September moon..
Shines on my skin..
For a moment..
You emerge..
Wearing a silver glow..!
You sink ..
Into my soul..
I shut my soul up..
Closing all the routes..
Of your escape..
Trapped you sleep..
Like a baby..
Within me..!
They say I am drunk..
Intoxicated is my spirits..
Let what they say, be true..
Oh my drunken self..
How beautiful is this me..
In my senses what I abort..
Comes back to love me ..
When I am out of it.. !
Oh how divine is this..
This senseless ..
This useless..
This loving me !!

~Manjuri~

Leaving A Trace !

A very known smell haunts me..
The air becomes fragrant..
Is it you who have walked in.. ?
Waking my soul dormant ...
Evening is glorious..
Two goblets filled to the brim..
Light then the candle of love..
And let us sip in..!
Clutch my hand with yours..
Let the fingers lock..
We two are only real now..
Rest of the world a mock..!
Put your eyes upon mine..
Let our glances dance..
Hold me once, and revive me..
From my eternal trance !
Not all evenings are this soft..
Nor every dream so vibrant..
Open your heart.. and fill it with..
The light from my moon crescent !
Sit by me, as I ignite..
The winter's fire-place..
Wear a gown in satin white..
In which my lips can leave its trace !

Later when time wins..
And..

Long after these days go off..
When your vision blurs..
You can still feel me...
In your music and your scars.. !
Giving, receiving shall end then...
One day nothing shall remain..
That day.. only you shall know..
The balance of your loss and gain !
Time is a tough master..
It shall take me forever...
And then... when you begin anew..
You will realize... you have lost a giver !

~Manjuri~

Last Answer !

What doubt shrouds your soul ?
Where have you lost your faith ?
Can you not distinguish anymore ?
Between reality and alluring myth ?

Why you say our roads are parallel ?
Why do you call it separate ?
Why can you not feel like me ?
That our heart beats at an equal rate !

You have too many questions,
Answer I have no new..
All I got to say, with all senses on,
Its you I know, I love you !

~Manjuri~

আমরা দুজনে !

চলো বেড়িয়ে পরি.....!
আমরা দুজনে....
সমুদ্র থেকে পাহাড়ে...
আর মরুপ্রান্তরে..
যেখানে আকাশ...
সীমাহীন নীল..
তুমি, আমি , আর..
কিছু গাংচিল..
হাথে হাথ ,
চোখে চোখ, আর,
হারিয়ে যাওয়া
মুখের বাক.. !
সূর্য ওঠা ,
লাল দিগন্তে..
তারই আভাস... !
হৃদয় প্রান্তে
আকুল ডাক 
তুমি আমি হতবাক ..!
না থাকুক ,
কিছু পাবার আশা..
না কিছু হারাবার ভয়..
এমনি করে নিশ্চিন্তে বাঁচা..
তোমায় আমায় দুজনায় !
রঙ্গিন স্বপ্নের,
রংহীন ফাঁকি,
সাদাকালোয়ে,
মোরা আঁকি...
আমি তোমার কাধে 
রেখে তখন মাথা 
মুগ্ধ নয়নে দেখছি

কাঠবেড়ালীর খেলা !

সাগরের ঢেউয়ে 
শুনি জীবনের গান 
অবিরাম !
তুমি আমি দুজনায়ে !
নাইবা কইলে তুমি কথা ..
তোমার এই নীরবতা ..
ভালোবাসে আমায় !
আমি তা জানি  !
তাই আবার বলি ,
নিজেদের দিয়ে ফাঁকি ..
চল আমরা বেড়িয়ে পড়ি ..
তুমি তোমায় খোঁজো ..
আমি আমায় খুঁজি ..
তুমি আমায় পাও ..
আমি তোমায় পাই ..
এসো মরা হারিয়ে যাই ...
চলো যাই , একটু বাঁচতে ,
চলো যাই  !!

~মঞ্জরী~

I Have Not.. I Shall Not.. !!

 
I have not loved anyone, this very much..
As I loved you..
Nor shall I ever love anyone, so very much..
As I loved you..
I have not longed for anyone, this very much..
As I longed for you..
Nor shall my heart ache, so very much...
As it ached for you..
I have not smiled , this very much..
As I smiled with you..
Nor did I weep for anyone, so very much..
As I have wept for you..
I have not draped my words, this very much..
As I draped them for you..
Nor have I dressed in silence, so very much..
As I have dressed for you..

I have not.. I shall not.. 
I will not breathe for anyone else..
If you stop to be the air around me..
Let life pause on my arrested pulse .. !

~Manjuri~

Amidst Nothingness !

Its Nothing Everywhere !

~Manjuri~

Grass And Leaf !

Like the grass that treasures,
The dead leaves..
I keep you in my bosom...
I pray each day..
No strong breeze should...
Sway you away...
Away from me...!
Like the fallen leaves..
Of mid-autumn..
You left home..
But could not leave the heart..
Could not move apart..
From near the tree..
To which you once belonged...!
I am but a stretch of grass...
You a leaf astray...
No wind shall be brave enough..
To take you away...
Away from me !

In Love Again !

Am feeling tender again..

Today am feeling you..

The blowing breeze..

Touched me, making me new...

Like that flower dainty..

Am too fragile in love...

Give me all you can tonight..

Pour on me all that you have...

Fading rays of dwindling sun..

Dupes me each evening fine..

Tell me once tonight..whisper that..

You too have fallen in love again !

~Manjuri~

Discovery !

I have caged myself,
In my own soul..
I have built a prison..
Locked up my emotion..
I have stoned my heart..
Nothing reaches me..
When you are apart..
I have numbed my senses..
And frozen my smile..
Even if I come back..
But for a while..
The call of unknown..
Will take me back..
I have nothing left..
Nothing to give or take..
Am empty as the sky..
As beneath it I lie..
Alone with the stars..
With thought that ,
Begets smile..
But for a while..
I did come..
Only to go..
With no promise ..
To be back..
Only some memories..
Carried on my backpack !
Journey begins..
Endless one..
If I reach, you shall know..
Or else, when remembrance..
Haunts you strong..
Do come along..
To find me you too got to leave..
What I left, in the loop of time..
To find me, get lost for once..
To get lost, do find me once !

~Manjuri~

Your Woman !

Your touch had once,
Made a woman out of me..

I realized, I was beautiful..
By the looks in your eyes...
I realized I was loved..
By the hidden smile..
That your lips flaunted ..

My senses alert..
My heart throbbed in you..
My tears made your eyes..
Appear like a high tide ocean..

Oh ! What a pleasure it had been..
To be your woman !

~Manjuri~

Becoming Love !

Who on earth told you,

To be a miser,

And hoard your love,

Only within you ?

Is your heart a locker ?

Where you put love,

Under safe custody,

Of lock and key !

Look within,

Your's is an ocean out there,

Waves are high, shore not far..

I got all wet !

Love is not a fragile emotion,

It lives in your breath,

In it goes, out it comes,

Each time you inhale and exhale..

You run from it, but you are clutched,

You are held by it, so much so that,

You have become it,

Yes, like me, you too have become love !

~Manjuri~

Eloquent Silence

Will meet you there,
Where no echoes exist,
Where, soul lies awake,
On a carpeted grass field...

Will meet you there...
Where we got nothing to learn..
Among thousand imperfections..
We shall still hold hands...

Will meet you there..
Where sky meets the earth...
Sailing in the tip of waves...
Beyond all futures and pasts...

Will meet you someday,
For a moment, beyond time,
Tranquil hearts, rhythmic beats,
We both, and complete peace !

~Manjuri~

পাইনে খুঁজে ডানা !

গভীর রাতের বুকের মাঝে 

ওই যেন কি সুর বাজে ?

কোন বিরহের অলংকারে 

নুতুন বধু  সাজে ?

কোন হওয়াতে ভেসে বেড়ায় 

কোন  বীণারই   তান ?

আমার কানে কেবলি শুনি 

তোমার সেই মাউথ -অর্গান !

কোন পরশের আলো পেয়ে 

গায়ে ছন্দ জাগে ?

আমার বুকের স্পন্দনে  কি 

তোমার হৃদয় কাঁপে ?

কোথায় যেন দেখতে পেলেম 

একটু খানি  আলো ?

তার  ছবিকে আমি কেন 

বেসেছি  এতো ভালো ?

ছুটে বেড়াই রাতে দিনে 

কেন যে নেই  মানা  ?

রোজী ভাবি উড়ে যাব 

শুধু  পাইনে খুঁজে ডানা !

~মঞ্জরী~

No More, Do I..

I lament no more,
Of your non-existence,
In my life..
For if you live,
So will I..

I search you no more ,
Here and there,
In this mundane world,
For if my world exist,
So will You..

I desire no more,
A glimpse of you,
For if be my eyes,
In them, open or closed,
So will be your picture..

I stress no more,
To remember you,
For if be my heart,
So will be memories,
Of those days..

~Manjuri~

Senseless !

Oh!  How drunk I was,
That night,
When I lost my senses,
On you..
Oh ! How drunk I was..
That morning,
When I found my pulses
Throbbing in you..
Oh ! How drunk I was ,
That noon,
When my eyes closed..
On you..
Oh ! How drunk I was,
That dusk,
When a whole I melted,
In you..

Drunk I was,
Life once served me wine..
Holding that goblet,
I still wait for you..
Hiding behind the ..
Veil of time !

~Manjuri~

Mujhe Manzoor !

Mein yeh samajhti thi,
Meri yeh hak hain tum par,
Ke waqt bewaqt..
Mein tumhe, ji bharke
Pareshaan kar saku..
Mujhe yeh maloom na tha,
Waqt ke sath,
Bewaqt bhi badal sa gaya hain..
Aaj bade dino baad,
Mujhe hosh si aayi..
Ankh khuli to sab kuch
Badla sa paya..
Chalo yeh bhi sahi..
Yeh bhi manzoor..
Tumhare diye hue kafn ko orr..
Mein nikal aayi..
Tumse bahut dur..
Jaha meri awaz ki goonj
Tum tak na pohoch paye..
Na hi meri saya tumhare
Raha pe andhera bicha paye..
Jao ji lo tum..
Haan, yeh bhi mujhe manzoor !

~Manjuri~