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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Come with Hari

Come with Hari

Come back to my dreary heart, do come back;
Evening comes too, where are you my bird,
come back to my nest.


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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Come on Quick go to Madina

Come on Quick go to Madina

Come on quick those who wish
To the city of Madina to go:
At the Landing-ghat is already in
The sacred boat wi…

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

By the Wood

By the Wood

Who walks by the woods,
methink, he is known to me.

Beating night's silence in rhythmic patterns
his jingles ring onm…

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Come Hither

Come Hither

Come hither, the 'fallen', the 'impure', the 'outcastes'!
Let us all worship The Holy Mother together!


Only when all …

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Beware My Captain

Beware My Captain

You have to cross the darkness of the night
A desert vast and a hill of great height,
And an ocean, fathomless and dark.

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Bless us Oh Lord

Bless us Oh Lord

Bless us Oh Lord, bless us all.
Let other love us and let us love others.
Let there be no hatred or malice or physical pain or m…

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Be Ever Stronger!

Be Ever Stronger!

Inside and outside, equally always
be stronger, ever!
The more bad times approach,
be firm and don't yield. Never!

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Baby Sparrow

Baby Sparrow

From its nest behind the termite-eaten
wooden beams of the huge building
a baby sparrow cried out for its mother.
The mother…

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Anwar

Anwar


[A dark prison-house guarded by sentries at Constantinople. Thc mid-night of a new
moon with silence prevailing everywhere, except occasion…

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

At My Gaze No Longer Laughs the Rose

At My Gaze No Longer Laughs the Rose

At my gaze no longer laughs the rose,
At the music of my words no longer blossoms forth the flowers

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Alone

Alone


My eyes don't go by forbidding;
so does my mind
neither by forbidding nor by weeping.


Over the ages I have …

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

All Midnight I Suddenly Wake Up

All Midnight I Suddenly Wake Up

At midnight I suddenly wake up hearing someone's voice
is that you, is that you?

I feel the load of some …

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

A Parting

A Parting

It was no passing encounter on the street,
dear friend.
It was no momentary conversation
on the side-walk.
It was no ca…

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

A Tribute From the Poet

A Tribute From the Poet

Allahu Akbar!
Allahu Akbar!
From Allah comes today
Rahmat, Kauthar.
Those of whom Allah is patron

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

A Call from Behind

A Call from Behind

Dear! Wilt thou remember me in thy new home?
There dost thou begin the world under
new auspices with new offerings

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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

The wide ocean of tears overflow,

The wide ocean of tears overflow,
His frantic thunder will make a
volcano burst forth
Mountain and ocean and sky and air
will encircle him in a c…

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Kabir
Kabir

Where do you search me

Where do you search me

Moko Kahan Dhundhere Bande
Mein To Tere Paas Mein
Na Teerath Mein, Na Moorat Mein
Na Ekant Niwas Mein
Na M…

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Kabir
Kabir

Within this Earthen Vessel

Within this Earthen Vessel

WITHIN this earthen vessel are bowers and groves,
and within it is the Creator:
Within this vessel are the seven ocean…

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Kabir
Kabir

When The Day Came

When The Day Came

When the Day came -
The Day I had lived and died for -
The Day that is not in any calendar -
Clouds heavy with love

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Kabir
Kabir

When He Himself Reveals Himself

When He Himself Reveals Himself

When he himself reveals himself,
Brahma brings into manifestation
That which can never be seen.

<…

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Kabir
Kabir

To be a Slave of Intensity

To be a Slave of Intensity

Friend, hope for the guest while you are alive.
Jump into experience while you are alive!
Think...and think...while yo…

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Kabir
Kabir

To what shore would you cross

To what shore would you cross

To what shore would you cross,
O my heart?
there is no traveller before you,
there is no road:
Wher…

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Kabir
Kabir

The Swan flies away

The Swan flies away

The Swan Will Fly Away All Alone,
Spectacle of the World Will Be a Mere Fair
As the Leaf Falls from the Tree
Is Diffi…

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Kabir
Kabir

The Word

The Word

Find the word, understand the word,
Depend on the word;
The word is heaven and space, the word the earth,
The word the universe.…

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