Wednesday, July 25, 2007

megh roddur

hat bariye chhute pari
ekmutho roddur
sona rong ektu khusi
mon bhorano sur

rod bilashi amar mon
bristi khuje chole
megh r roder lukochuri
sodai pole pole

megh korle monta bhar
rod jhorle khusi
rod theke megh,megh theke rod
ghorei dibanishi

1 comment:

Sandipan Sen said...

I was awe-struck when I read this poem. And I wondered, is this a piece by Sudhindranath Dutta? The use of the phrase "rod bilashi" at once brings to our mind the famous phrase "fasal bilashi" used by Sudhindranath in one of his famous poems dealing with his courtship with the singer Rajeshwari Dutta. And the reference tothe eternal megh-brishti-rod cycle, again, reminds us of Shelley, who dealt with this cycle in his poetry. And, yes, look at the rhyme - flawless yet subtle, light yet profound. The poem should be an excellent example of how a person's mood - which is at once serious and gay (no pun intended) - can be captured in poetry. The supple rhyme tells us about the gaiety of the speaker; and yet, the use of the words - "ghorei dibanishi" - unmistakably reminds us of the darker sides of life that the speaker seems aware of. Congrats for writing this poem.