Short Poems

Jack Sprat
Could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean;
And so betwixt them both,
They lick'd the platter clean.

Jack and Gill
Went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down
And broke his crown,
And Gill came tumbling after.

a Nations praise thine ample glory be
or let the Nation find its praise in thee.

Jab bhi jazbon ke liya alfaz nashtar ho gaye
kaise kaise phool jaise haath pathhar ho gaye

deo-qamat wo shajar jab tez andhi mein gira
pasta-qad jitne thay poday, sab qad-aawar ho gahe

जागे मंगल-रूप सकल ब्रज-जन-रखवारे ।
जागो नन्दानन्द -करन जसुदा के बारे ।
जागे बलदेवानुज रोहिनि मात-दुलारे ।
जागो श्री राधा के प्रानन तें प्यारे ।
जागो कीरति-लोचन-सुखद भानु-मान-वर्द्धित-करन ।
जागो गोपी-गो-गोप-प्रिय भक्त-सुखद असरन-सरन ।

Ja, Stof til Sang har hver en Tid,
mens Lys og Skygge parres,
om ej ved sine Heltes Strid,
saa dog ved sine Narres.

The sweet juices of your mouth
are like castles bathed in honey.
I've never had it done so gently before.
You have put a circle of castles
around my penis and you swirl them
like sunlight on the wings of birds.

I've burned my own house down,
the torch is in my hand.
Now I'll burn down the house of anyone
who wants to follow me.

It's such a night that never wants to be dawn..
It's such a flame that never gets extinguished.
It's such a pain that has no remedy,
only turns the body and the soul into ashes burning them cruelly.

Translated from Bengali by the poet

I don't know what it is,
but I distrust myself
when I start to like a girl
a lot.