Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

Now I Hide Myself

When I was babe,I feared darkness and grave.Then I started growingThrowingAll fear aside;And now I hideMyself seeing snake-like men who deny love and..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Ghost

Body is walking but soul is gone.You can touch and kiss.Surely something you will miss.Body is walking but soul is gone.Soul is gone, lips are..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Love Is A Thing

You love the RoseAnd want to get;But it has thorns,Do not forget.You love the Sea,Blue, deep and dark-What a beauty!But it has sharks.You love..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Once And Now

Once you were yoursand I was mine;to our pleasureswe were confined.Now you are mineand I am yours;our refined loveall our pains cures.

© Sayeed Abubakar

Runa Apa's Sweet-Smelling Handkerchief

Now-a-days hatreds wriggle in a swarmWithin my body and soul. Now, when ILook at politics, I feel hatred; whenAt democracy, hatred; when at..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Thieves And Robbers (Poem By Kazi Nazrul Islam)

Who calls you a robber, o friend?Who calls youa thief?All around, the robbers beat their drumsand the thieves reign.Who is the lord of justicejudging..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Man (Poem By Kazi Nazrul Islam)

I sing the song of equality—There is nothing greater than man,More majestic than man.There is no difference of country, age and person;No partition..

© Sayeed Abubakar

King And Subjects (Poem By Kazi Nazrul Islam)

Of equality, I singwhere we all have become brotherswith the same pain.It is a simple question—We are the same children of earthbut why is some a..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Cry Of Eternity

Whose cry, do I hear, mingling with the wavesOf eternity-ocean?Scream of which ethnic groupDo I hear in the endangered air?From the debris of Incas..

© Sayeed Abubakar

How Fast

How fast our hair grows gray!Before we prayOur evening prayer, the night falls.Death callsOur nameBefore attaining our success and fame.

© Sayeed Abubakar

I Understand And Don't Understand

I do not understand beautiful and ugly;I only understand woman, woman's lotus like mindAnd her two hands wet with peace.I do not understand..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Truth

Truth flees like a deer since False chases herLike a tiger.The followers of Truth are in prisons.Many are tortured, kidnapped and murdered.Law laughs..

© Sayeed Abubakar

I Want To Hide Myself

The way a snail conceals its faceGetting afraid of the presence of man;Getting afraid of the presence of man,The way a snake coils whole body;The way..

© Sayeed Abubakar

My Mind Fights

I walk so smartCarrying a destroyed heart.I talk so sweetWhile my heart beatsWith bitterness.I wear the pleasure dressWhile my mind fightsTo survive..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Living Eternally

Snakes are hissing,Sharks gaping their mouths,Lions roaringAnd slave-owners setting their traps;Where will you flee?Life is not safe into caves.Life..

© Sayeed Abubakar

It Is Raining So Rough

It is raining so rough.The leaves of treesAre shedding tears. My heart has got soaked inPain. Where are you, my sweet bird? Where, in whichForest..

© Sayeed Abubakar

I Fear Him

I fear him who has no fear in his heart;I fear him whose eyes are dry like desert.I fear him who only laughs, does not cry;I fear him whose heart..

© Sayeed Abubakar

The Unsatisfied Artisan

This chopper cannot cut well;Its every blow comes back to itself.This knife is very blunt;While going to dress a fish,Even a living fishGets torn..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Completely Beautiful

Your beauty spreads from village to village;O Girl, Illusive-palace, the peace-abode,Come here and stand silently near this poet;Opening your veil..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Rain In Spring

Rain came without any signal;All the song-birds stopped singingAnd took shelter under big leaves.All became silent.Only the Rain started singing.No..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Why My Mind Cries

Why my mind cries, mind does not know;This way many had cried before;I hear how fast waves of time goLeaving me alone on the shore.After many years..

© Sayeed Abubakar

My Kids Ask Me

My kids ask me, 'O dad,Why don't we have home?Why do we, like gypsies,From place to place roam?See, birds fly; before nightThey come back in..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Give And Don't Give

Give me pain;I will give you poem in return.Give me storm;I will raise buildingsOn its devastation.Give me desert;I will make an eye-cooled..

© Sayeed Abubakar

Each Day Comes

Each day comes to push usTo the door of the Past;After the day, nothingRemains but the darkness.Like Homer or John KeatsWe will be mere the Past;Men..

© Sayeed Abubakar

You Are My Food And Water

My hunger to see you will never comeTo an end. My thirst to see you will notCome to an end ever.We get hungry and rush to food to fillThe stomach...

© Sayeed Abubakar