and for those who understand but do not read bengali…
Mon er ghorer eeshan kon ey
jodi na pai dekhte tomaye,
khuje berabo tepantorer
maath ey, megh er anaye-kanaye.
jodi ba chhere haath ta aamar
brishti majhe jao hariye,
hanttey hanttey ashbo choley
jethaye tumi rowo dariye.
jaante jodi chao ki bhabe
sheet bhor e more mon dukhiye,
shishir bheja ghash er majhe
asru bindu roye lukiye.
tram line er epar-opar
mon du khani thaye dariye,
chowrasta’r srot er majhe
cholte giye jaye hariye.
coffee’r dhowaye bhor er hawae,
hariye jaowa ekti shur,
mon e poraye tomar kotha
thako ba tumi jotoi dur.
shaajher aloye chhad ey tumi
daraye dushtu-mishti hasho,
jokhon kori proshno tomaye
tumi kake bhalobasho?
hariye jaowa ekti gaan e,
hariye gechhe koto kotha,
shopno majhe chhara aami
khuje pabo na ki shey ta?
