Md. Abdul Mannan Yaqubi
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Watching the land of Bengal
Afflicted with thirst,
The clouds get their tender hearts
Seriously hurt.
So, like the black rafts they float
Across the vast sky,
And cover the face of the sun
That lies so high.
Then they accompany the rebel
Dance of lightning,
And start beating their drums to make
The sound rumbling.
Strokes fly for unknown destination
Through dark clouds,
As though they got some informations
From true source.
The melody of the dance of rain
Is charming,
And it looks like the fairy dance with
Tinkling ring.
The land gets pulsation of life
And purity,
And the nature of Bengal gets
Youth and beauty.
The awaking trees, plants and
Grasses seem festive,
And they turn into deep green
That looks attractive.
Heap of water in the river
Sounds murmuring,
And the buzzing sound of
Crooking is resounding.
Distending the tail feathers
Peacocks dance nicely,
That seems to receive
The rainy season warmly.
Boats, lunch, canoes and rafts
Are used to cross water,
And thus Business activities
Become easier.
Kadam, Kumud and the lotus
Bloom everywhere,
And they add to the beauty of
Bengal's nature.
Hasnahena,, tube roses
And the Chamely,
Make the way and the waiting
Room scented sweetly.
Varieties of flowers bloom
In Bengal nicely,
And lakes and ponds are
Attracted with the lily.
The Aush paddy is harvested
By the farmer,
And then the Amon plants are
Transplanted with cheer.
The rain gifts Bengal varieties
Of fish species
Which, during this season, people
Day and night fish.
Hog-palms, lemons, bananas
Guavas and pineapple,
Make people's tongue juicy
In the land of Bengal.
Bindweed, arum, Putishak
Okra, and egg plants are,
During rainy season,
Got everywhere.
The devastating flood by
Excessive rainfall,
Is, of course, a curse to all
The marooned people.
The old huts and the fields
Of poor farmers,
Are often damaged by rain and
The flood water.
At times, men, women and
Children day and night,
Are died by Lightning and
The poisonous snake bite.
The suffering of man and
Animal goes on,
And various fatal diseases
Break out soon.
Hearths that absorb water are
Useless for cooking,
And it brings to the poor
A great suffering.
During the rain it seems that
Dearth prevails all o'er,
And everyone doesn't s seem
To be in his humour.
The rain makes the people
In Bengal home bounding,
And everyone avers to go
Outside for working.
To pass time, men in the house
Watch TV or sing,
But the poor remain anxious for
Their existing.
Village girls in the house
During their intervals,
Like to sew the designed quilt
With threads and needles,
Children in all houses like to
Play on the floor,
And to run in the rain they enjoy
More and more.
Someone thinks deeply for her
Or his nearest one,
But the rain in single life
Creates more tension.
The poets write poems getting
Close relation-
With the charming beauty of
The rainy season.
A good arrangement of beauty
And suffering,
Is contributed to Bengal by
The rain's wailing.
To stop its wailing with a spring
Of tears quickly.
The eastern sky starts beating
Its drums suddenly.
The wailing of rain is thus stopped
Soon at that sound,
And then the wealth over floods
Bengal all around.
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