Earth,
O earth,
Would
you remember me
When
many years had rolled by ?
When
your dilapidated cottages
Would
be freshly thatched
And
no rains would stream down
Their
gapping holes any home would sleep in peace
On
cool mats spread on the dry floor ---
Would
you, in the quiet hour of such a happy night
Remember
me ?
Would
you remember that as I lay in my
crumbling room
And
wasted away in consumptive fever
I
used to dream all the time of such an hour as this ?
Translation by Kabir Chowdhury
Sikandar Abu Zafar (1919-1975). Poet, dramatist, lyrisist. Poetry : Prasanna Prohar (1965), Timirantik (,,),Bairi Britite(,,), Brishchik Lagna (1971), Bangla Chhado(1971). Drama : Shakunta Upakhyan, Mahakabi Alaol, Sirajuddowllah. Award : Bangla Academy- 1966.