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Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Coward

Coward


I know,
Why you do not look back
You have left your abode
For the temple of God
To while away the time
With the dolls.

680
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam

Coming of Anondomoyee

Coming of Anondomoyee

How much longer will you
stay hidden behind a clay statue?
Heaven today is subjugated by merciless tyrants.
God's children ar…

677
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 with virtues…

751
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.


Since the No…

558
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 castes and a…

628
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 onmidnight

545
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.
Travelle…

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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 mental ag…

1,378
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!
The more…

702
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, catching…

664
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


What…

553
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 occasional foots…

1,109
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 been looking for…

762
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 memory in …

656
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 casual handcla…

592
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
This victory …

642
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 cyclic da…

497
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

Deserte…

679
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 Mandir Mein, …

397
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 oceans

299
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.


As the …

365
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
Showered m…

412
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 you are al…

415
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:
Where is the mov…

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