প্রাণে গান     নাই, মিছে তাই     ফিরিনু যে
                   বাঁশিতে          সে গান খুঁজে।
প্রেমেরে       বিদায় ক'রে        দেশান্তরে
                   বেলা যায়          কারে পূজে?
বনে তোর    লাগাস আগুন
  তবে ফাগুন    কিসের তরে,
বৃথা তোর    ভস্ম-'পরে মরিস যুঝে।
  ওরে তোর    নিবিয়ে দিয়ে       ঘরের বাতি
  কী লাগি       ফিরিস পথে        দিবারাতি।
যে আলো    শত ধারায়    আঁখি তারায়     পড়ে ঝ'রে
  তাহারে        কে পায় ওরে      নয়ন বুজে।

YOU SEEMED from afar
titanic in your mysterious majesty of terror.
With palpitating heart I stood before your presence.
Your knitted brows boded ill
and sudden came down the blow
with a growl and a crash.
My bones cracked,
with bowed head I waited
for the final fury to come.
It came.
And I wondered, could this be all of the menace?
With your weapon held high in suspense
you looked mightily big.
To strike me you came down
to where I crouched low on the ground.
You suddenly became small
and I stood up.
From thence there was only pain for me
but no fear.
Great you are as death itself,
but your victim is greater than death.

MAN DOES not reveal himself in his history, he struggles up through it.