WINTER IN BENGAL

   Md. Abdul Mannan Yaqubi
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Nature loses her blooming                     Youth In the Winter,
Forests and bushes put on
                The yellow colour.

During this season, dullness
              prevails everywhere,
And the tune of anxiety is
                Played in nature.

The biting cold starts arriving     With the northern breeze.,
And causes death to leaves       To fall down from the trees.

All the bare trees like sentries
            Remain still standing,
And the  nature in Bengal
            Seems stoics looking.

The winter season makes
           Human life quite restless
And men pass their important
           Time in idleness.

The brooks in the winter lose
     Their restlessness fully,
So, they seem to be the old
        And useless only.

The sun rises like a red plate
            In the morning,
And to receive him, the people
             Remain waiting.

Swarms of bees fly for honey from
             The mustard flower,
And the villagers warm their body
             Sitting by fire. 

Opening  wings in the sun, birds
          Bask and start singing
And in winter, they physically
           Looks charming.

The winter offers us a lot of
          Delicious foods,
And one of the sweetest foods
          Of them is date juice.
          
Village farmers work in the field
             In biting cold,
And all the housewives remain busy
              With the household.

Fields are full of different
       Vegetable species,
And variety of fishes are
       caught in the ditch.

Plum, orange, Kamranga, Lemon
          Hog plum and Bel
In this season in Bengal
           Are available.
         
Roses, marigolds, Dahlias and
          Sunflowers are
The great charm of the morning
          During the winter.

The winter hums the poor and
        Esteems the rich highly,
Whereas,the poor men exalt
         The winter only
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