Masudul Hoq
1. Rose State
Rose voice
Color, extracted from the deep beauty of her body
A rose state gets completed with the combination of numerous rose voice Where there is a constitution
Only women can get melted with the color of that rose;
Understanding mood of rose.
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2. Island
Each of us has an island in our chest
The sky floats on salt water
The seed of life awakens in the tide
An invisible pain
Getting wounded, sits in the dark though being isolated light.
The evening, discovered in our chests
When gets drenched in rain
Memories commit suicide with the intercourse of separation.
3. Poet and King Fidas
A poet has every wrinkle on his forehead
Stains of worry
Beyond the hustle and bustle of the city on a lonely park bench
Goes back
Sitting with fallen leaves
Whispers
Wearing the six-leaf crown Moves to the country of roses-
Phrygia Finds spring in the garden of King Fidas
A poet, holding a yellow leaf’s life in hand, In the light of the earth, having a shadow’s body, Looks at the fire …
4. Touchstone
Although from the outside everyone sees me agile
But I am settled in every moment
Limited to timeThe wait is just a touch
I am infinite in all finals
That wants to touch meShe goes back tired
I am a void
Each instantaneous one and limited manyHas transformed me into a stone of myth
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[Masudul Hoq(1968) has a PhD in Aesthetics under Professor Hayat Mamud at Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a contemporary Bengali poet, short story writer,translator and researcher. His previous published work includes short stories Tamakbari (1999), The poems Dhonimoy Palok(2000) , Dhadhashil Chaya which translated version is Shadow of Illusion(2005) and Jonmandher Swapna which translated version is Blind Man’s Dream (2010),translated by Kelly J. Copeland. Masudul Hoq also translated T.S. Eliot’s poem , Four Quartets(2012), Allen Ginsburg’s poem, Howl(2018), from English to Bengali. In the late 1990’s for 3 years he worked under a research fellowship at The Bangla Academy. Bangla Academy has published his two research books. His poems have been published in Chinese, Romanian ,Mandarin, Azarbaijanese, Italian, Russian,Turkish, Nepali and Spanish languages. At present he is a Professor of Philosophy in a government college, Bangladesh.]