Souvenir

My wine does not intoxicate me anymore

It does not flow in my vein..

I have forgotten to leave my senses

I have forgotten to be in love, again !

My late night madness have calmed down,

I have found my generated self

I still blush recollecting

How insane I had made myself !

I thought the world was mine

I assumed my love in drunken state..

Now to realize the truth, and be me..

In senses out, is a complete bliss !

Curse me no more, for my madness..

Hold me no more in your heart..

I am happily moving away..

Gleefully I am seeking path apart !  

No more remains the vows of love..

No more does my heart longs thee..

What a joy it is, realizing ... 

Within you, the place of me !

Love shall not cease, 

Nor my heart stop to beat..

Its only that now I shall be me..

Outside you, and grow complete !

My longings shall find vent...

Someday far away, beyond the night sky..

I shall come to meet thee, in a gown black..

And in you, shall I submerge all that is me and I ..

My words shall freeze then..

Frozen shall be I ..

A while shall I live in you..

And then bid you my final goodbye !

Moist not your eyes my love..

Let no pain linger within...

I was yours.. and shall be..

But never to meet again !

If one-day  you shun your ego..

And solely remember me with love..

You shall know, I had loved..

With all that I had and have !

Time shall flow by, age shall haunt..

Some years down the lane..

I shall then be remembered by you 

But, never shall you find be again !

Love, shall rest in peace..

It shall sleep within me..

In it I shall preserve you...

In me, you shall always be !

~Manjuri~

Own Light

Beneath the heap of unspoken words

My love flourishes, in silence ..

When did I ever say, I need you

When did I want to love you,

In your presence?

Thoughts piles on thoughts 

I get lost in my own stream

When at the dead of night

I hear my own solitude scream!

Touch that I once felt, Now,

Wrapped in fabric, with utmost care ..

I wear in all the dark nights ..

To get the desired glare!

I knew not I could smile in joy,

Nor cherish all the impudence of love ..

But once I loved apart from me

I loved all the unloved from my soul's trove!

I seek no more pleasure of love

Nor do I wish a glance of my beloved ..

I today, am an anorak lover ..

Loving, without person, purpose or longing!

I love, because I know not any other thing ..

I love because I got to live ..

I love thee .. not for thee's sake ..

I love because I got to be me!

Long walk along the desolate garden

Agony that begets delight ..

Moist eyes .. glitters in smile ..

I have grown up .. in love .. 

I have found my own light !

~ Manjuri ~

An Evening By The Window

Softly the evening arrives

By my window..

My eyes smudged in

Coffee vapour

My heart smudged in you..!

Light that fades outside

Now, shines within me

Something that melts within

Flows in ecstasy ..

Long forgotten, nearly waned

Some reminiscences 

Urges to built a new home..

In that broken premises !

Wonder, ponder, sitting idle

Thoughts flow like stream

Again an evening passes by..

Touching me, as if in dream !

~  Manjuri ~

আজো প্রেম

বৃষ্টি আজো চিঠি লিখে 

তৃষার্ত এই মাটিকে 

মেঘ আজো প্রেম করে 

আকাশের ওই ঘাটিতে 

ফুলের বুকে আজ ভ্রমর 

গুনগুন সুরে গায় 

ঘাসের মাঝে ঝরা পাতা 

আজো লুটোপুটি যায় 

ঘুমের যখন ক্লান্তি আসে 

আমার চোখে নামে 

তোমার কথা মনে হলে 

লজ্জা অষ্ট চুমে 

পথের বাঁকে দাড়িয়ে ওরা 

আজো প্রেম করে 

আজো আমি  হাড়িয়ে যাই 

তোমার স্মৃতির ভীড়ে 

আজো ঠিক তেমনি আছে 

আমার রাতের আকাশ'

শুধু একটু যেন ধূসর লাগে 

নিশীথের ওই চাঁদ 

তুমি আছো , আমি আছি 

আছে আজো প্রেম 

শুধু নেই সেই দিনগুলো 

যা পেছনে ফেলে এলেম 

আবার যদি দেখা হয় 

নিভৃতে কোনো দিন 

চোখ বুজে আবার দেখব 

স্বপ্ন রঙ্গিন, স্বপ্ন অন্তহীন 

~ মঞ্জরী ~

Forsaken Love

That excruciating pain

Deep within the soul

Buried beneath the

Rubble of blur memories

Almost strangulating

The leftover of me

I cannot bear, 

Bear anymore

The burden of 

Ever-expanding distance

Where two parched souls

Live together in separation.

Each evening ushers

A tornado in my heart

Each night slides 

An avalanche ..

Yet the eternal wait

Which blooms within

Like the fragrant

Jasmines ... buds open

Then I sit to compose

Another poem

Touched by your hands

Words stolen from your soul..

Oh ! What would I pen

What would I have written

If you had not given..

Some love, forsaken !

~Manjuri~

জীবন গান

ঠিক যেন ভরাও নয় 

আবার ঠিক নয় শুন্য ,

পূর্ণ রিক্তের মাঝামাঝি 

হৃদয় আমার অনন্য । 

কোথাও কিছু খুঁজে পাওয়া 

কিছু কোথাও  হারিয়ে ফেলা ,

পাওয়া খোয়ার মাঝামাঝি 

নিশব্ধে, একা পথ চলা । 

একাও নয় যেন একদম 

সাথেও যেন নেই কেউ ,

নিঃসঙ্গতার পিঠে চড়ে 

খেলছে জীবন ঢেউ । 

ভালো সে বাসেনা এমন নয় 

ভালবাসে, তাও যেন বুঝিনে, 

বোঝাবুঝির আড়ালে দাড়িয়ে 

এলোমেলো সন্ধ্যে আর আমি গুছাইনে । 

চলছে জীবন নিজের দায়ে 

হাসছে মরণ পাছে ,

বলছে যেন যতই পালা 

শেষে আসবি বৈকি আমার কাছে । 

~ মঞ্জরী ~

Closely Apart

Have you seen the night sky lately?

Did you notice it with all your keen ?

Did you wonder for a while and smiled..

In those stars I too might have been...

Did you float on those dissolved clouds

And gasp at the beauty of the moon

Did you command the galaxy to wait for us

As you shall return with me soon...

Have you raised your glass of wine

And cheered those constellations ?

Once did you fly a kiss in the air

Sending me my love's remuneration ?

Softly did you raise your lofty feet

And walk up to the attic glass

Thinking that I might be still awake

Even when the midnight is well-past..

Did you pour another drink..

After a glance at your ticking clock..

Did you for once lift that device ..

In order to type or to have a talk ?

Far away beneath the dark sky

Somewhere when angels sleep

I tiptoed to have a glance

Thinking you might me in slumber deep..

Alas ! Did I find all my questions alive..

Throbbing in your awaken heart..

Hardly did I know, when I asked..

We are still now, so very closely apart !

~Manjuri~