For You...

"Maybe nothingness is to be without your presence,

without you moving, slicing the noon
like a blue flower, without you walking
later through the fog and the cobbles,
without the light you carry in your hand,
golden, which maybe others will not see,
which maybe no one knew was growing
like the red beginnings of a rose.
In short, without your presence: without your coming
suddenly, incitingly, to know my life,
gust of a rosebush, wheat of wind:
since then I am because you are,
since then you are, I am, we are,
and through love I will be, you will be, we will be."

— Pablo Neruda.

Nosto Prem...

Noshto sob... bhenge chure sesh,
sopner sesh tukro-tao aaj aar nei.
Pore ache khali koikta sriti,
kichu moner moddhye, kichu chithi'r patai...

Khoniker kichu prem aankre dhorei jibon...
Bhalobasa ki sotti-e moner ek kolpona ?
Bhableo pabo naa ei prosner uttor,
nije je kokhono bhalobasa paini...

Phire takalei dekhte pai sei oli goli gulo,
sei haath dhora duto manush er chaya,
sei aankre dhore raakhar natok, sei prem...
Sei tumi ar ami, sei tukro tukro khusi...

Somai tao jeno aatke sei muhurte.
Jeno eitukui sob amar jibon er,
jeno sudhu matro etai ami, ar jeno kichu nei...
Sudhui tomar sriti, sudhu taatei benche thaka...

Aankre dhore rakhar sei koto chesta,
chesta eke-oporer sob kichu howar...
Sotti bolte parini ami, parini tomar sob kichu hote...
Paroni tumio amar keu hote...

Amader bidai toh bolar-e chilo...
Sudhu ajo jeta bujhlam naa taa holo -
Bidayer pore ki khusi chilam...
Naa prem er natok niye khusi chilam ???

Jano ki uttor taa ???

Smoke And Ashes...

I'd heard rumors and I'd heard talk

About the trail you'd left of broken hearts

About the sea of tears too wide to cross

But a little bad press has never scared me off

So I burned a path to figure out

How to get me some of what you got

I've got a red hot heart

If the talk is true your's is the same

And we should be together

And let our passions fan love's flame

When I looked for you I almost passed you by

You were so cool and calm

I thought my friends had lied

But I thought so much reserve must make you wild inside

It was there and then that I knew

I had to get some of what you got

I've got a red hot heart

If the talk is true your's is the same

And we should be together

And let our passions fan love's flame

I thought I'd won your heart when I held you hand in mine

I thought it was true love the way we complemented each other

But my right is your wrong

And when you're right then I'm left with nothing

Your light and your heat have all been spent

Leaving only smoke and ashes

Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart

And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins

I say there's fire down below

You say it's only smoke and ashes baby

I'm crying all the time

Salty stinging tears

And mourning for the past carbon-dated years

But knowing now for certain that you were always right

Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life

It's only smoke and ashes baby

Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart

And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins

I say there's fire down below

You say it's only smoke and ashes baby

I was blinded by devotion

My unwavering love for you

So blinded that I thought all your lies were true

But now I know for certain since you've gone away

It was just a smoldering fire I mistook for a blaze

Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart

And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins

I say there's fire down below

You say it's only smoke and ashes baby

Only smoke and ashes baby, baby...

- Tracy Chapman.

I Am Yours...

When all my hopes and dreams

Have been betrayed

I stand before you

My hands are empty

I am yours

If you are mine

When I fall and stumble

Flat on my face

When I'm shamed and humbled

In disgrace

I am yours

If you are mine

When voices call me

To question my faith

When misperception

Taints my love with hate

I am yours

If you are mine

When time decides

It won't stop for me

When the hawks and vultures

Are circling

I am yours

If you are mine...

- Tracy Chapman (Matters Of The Heart)