Nazrul Islam Naz
Brick Lane 6th March ’98
Just say
For the sake of saying
If you and I were talking:
We would say,
In remembering the other night
“It was a night to remember”Since we do not
Have that chance
All too often
I thought, on our behalf,
To keep a record
By way of, say, a simple poem
Where I will not labour
Over rhyme or metre etc
But will gather a few
Short
Simple
Sentences –
Just like the meeting we had.
No big deal, no big subject
Some laughter, a few reflections
Here and there
Now and then
Just as they came, quite naturally.In that café
We did not eat much
What we had was sufficient.
Just as it happens that
Once in a long while
Thoughts of food
Are forsaken
For the sole desire of companionship.
Translated by Nazrul Islam Naz
Page(s) 223-224
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