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~