আমি আছি

ওই নীল্ দিগন্তে যখন 

আধখানা চাঁদ উঁকি দেবে 

গ্রীষ্মের উষ্ণ বিকেলে 

তুমি জেনো , আমি আছি 

যখন বর্ষার ভিজে ঘাসে 

তুমি পা ফেলবে 

আর শিউরে উঠবে তোমার গা 

তুমি জেনো , আমি আছি 

যখন শরতের মেঘে 

বইবে কারো আগমনী বার্তা 

কাশ ফুলে লাগবে দোল 

তুমি জেনো , আমি আছি 

ঝিম ধরা কোনো এক 

হেমন্তের সন্ধ্যেতে বসে 

তুমি যখন মাউথ অর্গান বাজাবে 

তুমি জেনো , আমি  আছি 

কোনো এক শীতের দুপুরে 

তোমার পিঠ বেয়ে যখন 

রোদ উঠবে 

তুমি জেনো , আমি আছি 

যখন চারপাশে ফুল ফুটবে 

আর তুমি একা বসে 

বসন্তের গান গাইবে 

তুমি জেনো , আমি আছি 

তোমার ছয় ঋতু জুড়ে ,তোমার দিন রাত্রি ভরে 

তোমার মাঝে' আমি চিরকাল আছি !

~ মঞ্জরী ~

Joy Of Moving !

To get the life I love,

I have packed my bag..

I got to leave..

I got to swim rivers many..

I got climb many a hill..

 Many a ocean will I surf..

And be with the stars, above..

Many autumns will fall on me..

From me shall rise springs many..

Summer, winter, all shall be ..

With and always for me !

Those alluring forests ..

And enchanting brooks..

And the crimson horizon afar ..

All shall mingle into me..

As I walk alone..

On those black tar ..

Roads like curvy serpents.. 

Shall bend for me..

If I follow my heart.. 

Laid on those roads..

I will reach, maybe..

Vagabond thus sets foot out..

Alone, out of the world..

Oh, what joy it is, to move ..

Away and apart !

~Manjuri~

Kyuon ?

Kyuon ?

Yeh jindagi ab tum se na sahi,

Par tumhare bagair bhi to nahi hain,

Jo roshni andhere ko bujhaye,

Tum se mujh tak wohi pohuchta hain !

Din ki bhag-dour ho, ya phir ho,

Raat ki khamosh tanhai,

Har baar, aur, har jagha,

Mein to mujh main, tumko hi pai !

Kehene ko jo batein reh gai,

Suneko ko bhi to baki utnahi,

Phir kuon meri sabdho ko, mein

Abhi tak awaaz de nahi pai ?

Tum main hi rehti hoon, din raat,

Par hoon tum se koso dur..

Kahan le gai, mujhe yeh jeevan..

Kuon hoon itni majboor ?

Din dhale, raat hoye hain..

Raat beete phir din..

Par yaha na suraj nikla,

Na roshni dikhhi, sab andhera, tum bin !

~Manjuri~

You, In My Eyes !

Your reflection, in my watery eyes..

Appears like a shaky moon..

I am afraid to close my eyes..

For you may melt away ..

In my tears..

Your picture, within my closed eyes..

Appears like a perfect portrait..

I am afraid to open my eyes..

For you may fade away..

In too much light..

Your existence in my drunken eyes..

Appears like a piece of music..

I am afraid, of senses dawning my eyes..

For you may fall silent..

In too much of noise..

My eyes, some say mystery

Some say, sea deep smile..

Only I know, they are but your abode..

When you decide to rest for a while !

~ Manjuri ~

Two Phoenix !

When the stillness of night

Spreads its arm

And I get engulfed

In silence

My unconscious self

Imports me 

To a known place

I cross an aisle 

Of memories

And reach you.

Numb becomes

The night's nerves

Numb is its soul..

An aroma grips me

I smile..

My senses can recognize 

This fragrance...

From nowhere

To somewhere..

From earth to Eden..

A journey, I take..

With you..

Within you..

Fire rekindled..

As we burn..

To rise again..

From our own ashes..

We two..

Winged lovers..

We the Phoenixes !

~Manjuri~

ME....... :)

The weight of the world could not crush my spirits..

Nor your indifference burdened my soul..

Oh, what a blithe is it to be me..

In parts, yet a whole.. !

I smile graciously, my heart celebrates triumph..

I tear the heart of solidarity ..

And my silence gets its words..

I now live, beyond mundane mortality !

All along my poems, sang a song not so mine..

Today I pick the pen to write..

A verse so very mine..

A soul's reflection outright !

More the mortals pinch my soul..

More they tarnish my heart..

Better I shall shine out..

Beautifully apart !

~Manjuri~

April Song !

Heart is light, like April breeze..

Neither warm nor chill it is..

Garden bears so many a hue..

I smile,remembering you !

April, April, April..

Some showers and a  lot of rays...

In that fragile branch..

A Bulbul sways..

A dream awakes in April's eyes

Night awake to gaze at April moon..

Beautiful fragrance brings memories home..

Am not lonely this April noon !

My garden's earth is ready for seeds..

Soon life shall jump out of its core..

The Cuckoo whistles, clouds float..

Life's bounty evermore !

 Sudden rain on April morn..

Silver droplets on rose's lips..

Reminds me of your smoky eyes..

And your smile on my finger-tips !

April is not a month, its my logbook..

On it do I write my joys and regrets..

I paint its pages with my colours of love..

I seal its soul, and to smile at me, it too never forgets !

~Manjuri~

Known

A thousand reasons do I find, to love you more..

To keep you hidden, in my heart's core !

To tell you, that I do love, 

Holds on meaning, as we've risen above..

I hum my tunes by the sea..

Waves carry them to you, maybe !

Your heartbeats like torrent uproars..

And reaches to my lonely shores..

At the edge of the last ray of sunshine..

I know, you are solely mine..

And with the fading beam of the last moon..

You know, am your's, your's alone !

~Manjuri~

Strings Of Guitar !

Let us be the strings of a guitar ..

Together, but not attached..

Let us make music ...

Separately, in harmony !

If you are torn, I fall silent..

If am gone, you cannot play..

If you are not in tune, I make noise..

If am not tuned, your's mere cacophony !

~Manjuri~