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POETRY

Saree

Translated from Bangla by Quamrul Hassan
Photo: Maisha Syeda

The saree spread out in the yard 
is my grandmother's 

When she died
I didn't go to see her for the last time 

Seeing someone in the casket
Seals a permanent image in my mind
That dead face haunts me round the clock

No matter how hard I try
I can't erase that image from my mind 

The yard in this noontime is buzzing with
The white aroma of the guava flower  

The saree that is spread out in the yard
Is my grandmother's 

But from a distance
It looks like
That saree is my mother's 

 

Hasan Robayet is a Bangladeshi poet.

Quamrul Hassan is a poet and an MFA Candidate of Creative Writing and Translation at the University of Arkansas.

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POETRY

Saree

Translated from Bangla by Quamrul Hassan
Photo: Maisha Syeda

The saree spread out in the yard 
is my grandmother's 

When she died
I didn't go to see her for the last time 

Seeing someone in the casket
Seals a permanent image in my mind
That dead face haunts me round the clock

No matter how hard I try
I can't erase that image from my mind 

The yard in this noontime is buzzing with
The white aroma of the guava flower  

The saree that is spread out in the yard
Is my grandmother's 

But from a distance
It looks like
That saree is my mother's 

 

Hasan Robayet is a Bangladeshi poet.

Quamrul Hassan is a poet and an MFA Candidate of Creative Writing and Translation at the University of Arkansas.

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হাসিনা-জয়ের বিরুদ্ধে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে ৩০০ মিলিয়ন ডলার পাচারের অভিযোগ তদন্ত করবে দুদক

এর আগে শেখ হাসিনা, তার বোন শেখ রেহানা, ছেলে সজীব ওয়াজেদ জয় এবং রেহানার মেয়ে টিউলিপ সিদ্দিকের বিরুদ্ধে নয়টি প্রকল্পে ৮০ হাজার কোটি টাকার অনিয়ম ও দুর্নীতির অভিযোগ তদন্তের সিদ্ধান্ত নেয় দুদক।

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