Poems by Feroz Shah
[Translated by Mujib Rahman]
Attachment
From railway line
I brought a stone home
Hearing the sound of a running train
The stone opened the door
And made its way towards the railway line.
Freedom
Leaving the sky
A Shalik perches on a banana leaf
With tired beaks
It puts off its own wings
Putting on the wings of the Shalik
The plantain tree is flying towards the sky.
( Shalik – a kind of yellow-breasted singing bird)
Full stop
I had been standing for ages
At the full stop
Looking around
In search of fish
Diving as a kingfisher
With an empty beak
Flying towards the sky
Like a piece of clod broken from the shore
The full stop is falling into water.
Pleasure tree
There is a pleasure- tree
In the paisa
Every time it changes hands
A flower blooms
It gives out white fragrance.
Apple
A dropped apple
Digs its own grave
Rolls down and buries itself
Brother apple sister apple
Standing at a safe distance
They watch
Their dear one is going towards life.
