"NANDODULAAL: 'Noni, pooro
dui bachor maairi, sattyi ee, tui
kintu onekdin por, nijer
graam e ghurtey ELI;
kamon laagche bol, ei nouka e suye suye,
oi raat er akaash taa ke dekhte,
toder Kolkata sahar e toh sunechi
haaowa teh o naaki prochur DHULOBAALI.'
NONIGOPAL: 'Kolkata theke
Dubai pathaalo
office THEKE;
dui bachor Bharat e o firtey daayeni, aasole,
sab nathipatro je oi Company r HR Manager
der kaacheyi jomaa THAAKE.'
NANDODULAAL: 'Morubhumi r desh e
gachilo shasya shyamala desh er NONI;
taaka je prochur rojgaar korte hobe,
jehetu royeche sethaay tel er KHONI.
Ami seyi ek ee rakam ee
roilum, roj dekhi maach
dhoraa pore JAAL E;
dheerey dheerey bhesey choley
amaar nouka roj sandhya e,
ei chotto khaal er shaanto JAL E.'
NONIGOPAL: 'Graam er raat er
akaash sattyi ee ki
poriskaar re NANDO;
ei jyotsna raat e, jonaaki pokaa r
timtim aalo, jhijhi pokaa r daak e o
ache ek adbhut CHHANDO;
jwaljwal korche taara
gulo, sattyi ee ei prakritik
rup noy toh MANDO;
tui bodhoy prakriti keyi
beshi bhalobaasish, taai tor ei
peshaa taai bodhoy beshi PACHANDO.'
NANDODULAAL: 'Prakriti ee toh
aasol BHAGABAAN;
othocho taakeyi aamra kori abohela,
taakeyi diyi na kono bhalobaasa ba SAMMAN.
Ei Corona virus er jonnyo
jaara galo MAARA;
taarai je hoyechey oi
raat er aakaash er TAARA.
Jano oi taara gulo roz
boley amaaye muchki HESEY;
saabdhaan e theko bhaaya, oi Coronasur
er maranfaand e jano jeyo naa FESEY.'
NONIGOPAL: 'Orrey Nando, tor
nouka je bhesey bhesey choleyi
esechey Sundarban er core area r DIKEY;
ekta gongaano mridu garjan jano
shunlaam, nischoi ei sundari gaach er
bon er moddhe kono baagh THAAKE.'
NANDODULAAL: 'Baagh noy
re, BAAGHINI;
amraa dujon dujon keyi
besh bhaalo koreyi CHINI.
Amader ekhaankaar
forest officer, Shankar Babu,
ee or naam rekhechilo SIULI;
ekdin amaar nouka r saamnasaamni
esechilo boiki, or dikey bonduk taak koreyi
chilaam, kintu o chupchaap daariye roilo
boley, aami aar chaalaini ghumparani GULI.
Kichukkhon shikaari r mato
bonduk er dikey taakiye ee ROILO;
pet ektu folaa folaa LAAGCHILO;
bodhoy baccha DHORECHILO;
sudhumaatro taai jonnyo ee hoyto
ektu bipad dekhe pichiye GALO.'
NONIGOPAL: 'Nouko taa ebaar
graam er dikey ghoraa bhai,
jetey chaai naa baagh er PETEY;
ei Sundarban er baagh
abaar bhalo saantaar o
kaat teh jaane BOTEY.'
NANDODULAAL: 'Arrey, Shankar Babu r
theke sab khabor niyechi ami, Siuli r
pet ekhan fuley dhol BOIKI;
hoyto ei saptaaho r sesh er dikeyi, Siuli r
chaanapona pet theke beriye porbe, setaa
aar ei jungle er lokeder jaante neyi BAAKI.
Aamaar nouka e achey rifle, bullet,
kathaari aar durbeen, dyakh ei durbeen
taa diye, Siuli oi teen teh sundari gaach er
maajhe kaada maati teh korche AARAAM;
ami teen din aageyo dekhechi okey,
ekey jyotsna raat, taar opor or pet
royeche folaa, taai toh okey ei niye
ami teen baar saamnasaamni DEKHLAAM.'
NONIGOPAL: 'Orrey, eta Sundarban er
baaghini, oi dyaakh, ebaar uthey
dicchey paayechaari, kaan kharha kore
sab sunchey, thik peyeche AOWAAZ;
ebaar nouka taratari baayite shuru kor
graam er dikey, bhoy o laagchey, tobe
ananda o hocche maairi, tui kintu amaake
naa boley ekta daarun abhiggyota koraali AAJ.
NANDODULAAL: 'Bonnyo boiki,
kintu khub sundari o botey, ei baagh aar
baaghini aachey boleyi kintu ekhano
Sundarban taa teekey ACHEY;
orrey emni emni ki aar odhikaangsho jharh
Bangladesh e ghurey jaaye re, er pechone,
amaader ei Bangabhoomi r Sundarban er gaach
gulo r onek abodaan ROYECHEY.'"- Arindam Sain