Oh Lord… a poem by Sabyasachi Nazrul

Oh Lord...

Oh Lord...
I have cultivated paddy in your land.
I have also cultivated onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes in another land.
I cultivated fish in the pond and gourds in entresol by the pond.
Good yield,
I got good paddy in the field.
I packed one years worth of paddy to eat with my family and sold fifty mounds.
I am well in Your mercy.
Oh Lord...
there is no shortage,
O Allah guide me to the path of light.
I drink your water to cool my soul.
I walk through the valley alone in the dark.
I fear no evil..
I'm not alone,
O Allah you are with me.
O owner
I feel your presence in me.
Accept my prostration,
I feel lonely and find you.
I'm happy even though I'm sad,
I prays my Salat.
I praise you, sing your song sing your praise.
According to your law the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
The universe is running by your grace,
My joys are illuminated by the moonlight.
The sea ice melts into the Ocean.
It evaporates and returns to the mountains.
Oh Lord...
So beautiful world, sky, sun, moon, wind, caves, rivers, seas, mountains, saptorshi mondal, graha nakshatra,
Eighteen thousand species (maklukat), ninety-six thousand species of plants, animals, birds, flowers, fruits, green trees, young vines, aquatic animals, aquatic plants, forests, meadows, sweet drinking water, birds singing all are your gift.
Lord
Your spirit is in my Heart
Help me...
I came alone and there was nothing,
I will leave again.
I will leave everything and go alone...

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Sabyasachi Nazrul is a Guinness World Records holder, bilingual global poet, motivational author, rhymer, translator, presenter, global peacemaker doctorate, world symbols of peace, global peace ambassador & many awards winning writer. His work has been translated into thirty-eight international languages & published in national newspapers, magazines of Bangladesh. He also published in various international literary journals, magazines, anthology, newspapers of sixty countries. He has twenty-two joint poetry books, two poetry books: manuscript winning ‘ Ekti Tarjonir Isara ‘ and ‘ Sapno Uran ‘. He also edits a literary magazine, ‘ kittinasar kirtti ‘.

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Published by darcie friesen hossack

Darcie Friesen Hossack is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers. Her short story collection, Mennonites Don’t Dance, was a runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Award, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Evergreen Award for Adult Fiction. Citing irreverence, the book was banned by the LaCrete Public Library in Northern Alberta. Having mentored with Giller finalists Sandra Birdsell (The Russlander) and Gail Anderson Dargatz (Spawning Grounds, The Cure for Death by Lightening), Darcie's first novel, Stillwater, will be released in the spring of 2023. Darcie is also a four time judge of the Whistler Independent Book Awards, and a career food writer. She lives in Northern Alberta, Canada, with her husband, international award-winning chef, Dean Hossack.

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