অসাধারণ – অনুভূতির গভীরতা আছে এবং নতুনত্বও

English Translation: Thousands of Lives

If someone wants to know my age,
I gaze for a moment towards their face.
Then, with a sudden realization,
I say, not just a few,
Imagine thousands of lives.

People may think I’m crazy,
In this chaotic world of ups and downs,
Yet, I alone know that in one lifetime,
I have spent several lifetimes.

In my childhood, I played football on muddy fields in the rain,
Lost countless lives while cutting grass in the pond,
Walked barefoot on frozen ground in winter,
And wandered aimlessly into the neighborhood’s government employee’s Dalim tree, at least two lives.

I sailed on the deck of the steamer, Padma, Meghna, and Dakatia rivers,
Flowing along with the currents of their waters, spanning seventy lives.
I skipped school to watch movies at Abhisar and Madhumita cinema halls, experiencing countless lives.
I excitedly rode my father’s bicycle, leaving behind many lives.

With a magician’s gleam in my eyes,
I rode a motorbike with a girl on the back, countless adventurous lives.
For countless years, I stood at the Kamalapur railway station, eagerly awaiting the touch of a girl’s fingertips.

Ego, humiliation, oppression, and hatred have cost uncountable lives.
In unemployed life, I have soaked the streets in aimless wanderings, countless lives.
Burying my parents’ bodies in the grave, my heart felt the weight of thousands of lives.
I have shared moments of laughter and joy with friends and loved ones, living countless lives.

So if someone wants to know my age,
I can never give the correct answer,
I haven’t kept track of how many lives I’ve lived,
No one knows how many lives slip away every single day—
At least, I don’t know.

But if by chance, a lost poem finds its way through the southern window of my heart,
Then I discover, even now, I have traversed thousands of lives and I’m still alive.