An old silent pond…
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again..
− © Matsuo Basho
An old silent pond
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Barbara
Remember Barbara
It was raining ceaselessly on Brest that day
And you were walking smiling
Beaming delighted dripping
Under the rain
Remember Barbara
It was raining ceaselessly on Brest
And I passed you in the rue de Siam
You were smiling
And me I was smiling the same smile
Remember Barbara
You who I didn’t know
You who didn’t know me
Remember
Remember that day anyway
Don’t forget
A man was taking shelter under an overhang
And he yelled your name
Barbara
And you ran to him under the rain
Dripping delighted beaming
And you threw yourself in his arms
Remember that Barbara
And don’t be mad if I speak to you familiarly
I speak familiarly to everyone I love
Even if I’ve only seen them once
I speak familiarly to everyone in love
Even if I don’t know them
Remember Barbara
Don’t forget
This sweet and happy rain
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In the bamboo grove
竹林に 黄なる春日を 仰ぎけり
Chikurin ni/ Ki naru haruhi wo/ Aogikeri
by Takahama Kyoshi
In the bamboo grove
The yellow spring sunlight,
I look up at it.
বাঁশ ঝাড়ের ভেতর
বসন্তের হলুদ সূর্য
তাকিয়ে দেখি
The summer river
夏河を 越すうれしさよ 手に草履
Natsukawa wo/ Kosu ureshisa yo/ Te ni zori
by Yosa Buson (1716-1784), English Translation by —
The summer river.
It’s happy to walk across it.
My hands with zori sandal.
[নয়াধারা]
গ্রীষ্মের নদী
হেঁটে পেরোতে সুখ
হাতে চটি দুটি
Image by Анатолий Стафичук from Pixabay
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ake mado no / mukashi o shinobu / sugure yume
by Ryōkan Taigu (1758–1831) , English Translation by Gabor Terebess-
open window
the past comes back
better than a dream.
অতীত ফিরে আয়
এ স্বপনের চাইতে ভালো,
খোলা জানালায়
খোলা জানালার
অতীতকে ছাড়িয়ে যায়
দেখা স্বপ্নটা
Floating in the breeze
Hira hira to/ Kaze ni nagarete/ Chou hitotsu
by Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) , English Translation by —-
Flutteringly,
Floating in the breeze,
A single butterfly.
প্রজাপতিটা
মৃদুমন্দ বাতাসে
তেড়েফুঁড়ে ধায়
Alas! The beauty
Hana no iro wa
utsurinikeri na
itazura ni
wa ga mi yo ni furu
nagame seshi ma ni
by Ono no Komachi (c. 825 – c. 900) , English Translation by Helen Craig McCullough
Alas! The beauty
of the flowers has faded
and come to nothing,
while I have watched the rain,
lost in melancholy thought.
আহ হা রে! সৌন্দর্য
ফুলের ধুয়ে মুছে
একেবারে সব নিঃশেষ
বৃষ্টিতে চোখ রেধে
ডুবেছি নিদারুন নিরাশায়
to punish men
罪おほき男こらせと肌きよく黒髪ながくつくられし我れ
by, Yosano Akiko (1878-1942), English Tr. by Roger Pulvers
Made to punish men for their sins
The smoothest skin
The longest black hair…
All that
Is me!
পুরুষ জাতিকে ওদের পাপের শাস্তি দাওয়ার তরে
এই যে চিকন-মশৃণ ত্বক
লম্বা-ঘন ভ্রমর কোলো চুল
এ সব
আমি!
Arriving by boat
船路来て繁華な町や凧
by, Ozaki Hōsai (1885-1926), English Tr. by Hiroaki Sato
Arriving by boat,
the busy town with
kites flying
জাহাজ এসে থামে,
শহর ব্যাস্ত ভিষণ
ঘুড়িতে ঘুড়িতে সয়লাপ
On a withered branch
Kare-eda I ni I karasu-no I tomari-keri I aki-no-kure
On a withered branch
a crow has settled—
autumn nightfall.
by Matsuo Basho, Eng. tr. © Donald Keene
মরা ডালে কাক
বসেছে সগৌরভে,
শরতের সন্ধ্যায়
trashy house
meigetsu no goran no tôri kuzuya nari (1808)
by, Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), English Tr. by David G. Lanoue
lit by the harvest moon
no different…
trashy house
কোনো প্রভেদ নেই
পূর্ণ চন্দ্রের আলোকেও
পর্ণ কুঠিরে
