Abu Kaiser

  I Remember

Can I one remember the memory the of one’s birth ?

I remember mine.

From every rose petal what mysterious,

What sorrow  from every fashionable window of

                                                                   the city

Looks out at me,

What sorrow stares at me from a double-decker bus

I learnt that bitter truth in my boyhood.

I remember well

Some one hurriedly hanging a coloured bodice.

I remember there was a solitary meadow that

Stretched to the distant horizon and by it stood

Our house behind the house there flowed a

                                                   rippling river

And across the river stood a primordial hill.

                                      Translated by M. Harunur Rashid

Abu Kaiser (1945-2005)

Poet, Translator, and Writer of Children Literature . Poetry : Jadughore Prozapati (1985), Lajjar Deraj (1997). Novel : Rayhaner Rajhas (1973), Translaton : Bulgariar Chhoto Galpo (1970), Childrens Literature : Pret Paharer Jatri (1996), Inka Rajar Gupta dhan (1996). Awards : Agrani bank Childrens Literature Award –1986 & 1996).