An Article on Bengali Poet Shamsur Rahman, by Zakia Afrin

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To Attain You, Oh Freedom The Best Poems of Shamsur Rahman

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BA@ ~AS

(1929-2006)

"c nr Jv U, jZS AcrT SR s@ jq Amo wa a" -- jTS ilq sS ^ @Ac WAT US T @U | j@  ceUr U rT TS@ | @Ac AAF@ @a AAS AaUS sw^ @Ac, ceU @Ac oS dK, q ceU ATUSkn -- jTSq ~ SS ~Ago gkAK | ceUr oH TSK @a AAS mofS @Ac--~F^ @a TSK | ~ATR q g-^ r @Ac @q cUc |

cf^S @ rT TS j@ c^ AUZAaUS, "cf^S TAT ~SocS @ U ~wo AF BS Sq, ~T ~Ag ~ co @ ~T cCAU Bf BfcS J AcU S @ @AccgMT AcK @SR w^ i S @R cU A--.... ~T BfcS  AmA ASw Tq cF@ jce ~AScs |" rT TSR @Tgcq mofS-cf B^ @a  AmA @pA Tq cT @ UAaUS | ~T s B^Aa ~Am cFcm @U, qA ~rfU, ZA ~er sZS g Ua ~T OToFT--@Ac Acrm  waS mofS B^@ |  @Ac ~T SAa -- "~T rv ~B ~T H @"--S q U wH~gFS @ ; j@ q cB@AiS e@\ AoAS--"SS ASrS A, TT cAB AwAcA@/jq ceU/T@ ~q c,  XofS |" TA@ r@ cv U mofS @AcR sZS A, Ac-ATAaU cw AAS BAUaS TrU, AUZaS "Xgv v Ai OUa mr" | wH^ ~Q ASB c@-Ai pAcf ^T @Ac AUZAaU s sc@, q S S cUvA Pm^ AS s@ rNha@ AAS ZaS "ceUr Y"  | j@ AB rA sZS oTO ~ rgA ST TO A ia, ZS dH B^ Arf rfBSSf BS qTT@ r @  BAwaS,  cUaS @Ac, ZaS BSSf "U  SQn T BUBU" @a ceU gAcKFl |

~T @a, ~T T UQ ceUAr sMcS q rT TS ATr ~aS AcXo c T | mofS ~T @a  sTS qha UZ @Ac Z : ABS@ gUc T c ~T MJa Aq q UZ wS CA, "  Av" A Oq T ^ ~S | cI rZ  @ s@S wArfU g, cCAUS sS ~ @kT@ oTf Uc Ac-Tcr J@ ZAa | j ST ~ Tp-hOH @f @ US TUOS jTS @AiS U !

~wmv d @q rT TS gfKH ~m  S | A@aAS q ~T b@ sc @ | S @AaUT sS ~ j@c Z A @ | s @  AaU, sS Z A | 2005 U cA T Z AaU | SA^@ c-jA cc@f cf BS@UFHTkU@ AS ~wTf AS  ~SgkA @ @FTc^f @ rF AaU ~T | @Ac  swkn -- ~wTf-A cc TS A, @S-cf UZ@ TfBS TS | vAUS T AUS @Ac ncok Av TS | @S b@ rFTUf, ~T cA @ A@r r-ATASvR @T  | Bfc^ jq A@ec^f Z  sAS cc  o RS AUT, AS BSq ~cw  @JAaUT | r^ qU cAAv TS Tq B TZ  U | @ ~T, @f Oq @Ac @a ? jTSv ~w AaU S | s@S Tq @Ac B ^ AaU @U BSF | SNcq r@ rKgw q ToFswf cc @Ac  @i  IJA   @ cA @ ~cUcS @ AhaU | rF cFZF @q @Ac W sc ~STA ATUU | U @Ac UZUAZ @ vAcU s-W, Av@ UqcA cUq gU | U, TI, wwA o cq ~ cq | ceU @S UZ@ mQ Sq  W ? ~ a @Ac ~eZF AcA@ aAc | c Z rK S-q AAS W b@US | rf gC a j@c, @i mR ~w T ~ Sq | c AOAAO A k @ AU @U fTcXo | Rq TZ ~T AOOS | w C qAS T, @Jo ~cAo Uc OU c   @rU C oH @a, @TAS TS ; hO AAS w cCAU O ~S@vq av | rS cU AOAS THfTS c ZFA BvAaU J | ~ j@c @Ac cKfS MTF M^s To UT | OZ fA TS @A AU J @Ac ~S^ dHF @ | AAS ~T @a o AUS T T wgf ~ AcrU --s AcrU TSK@ ~S @ S, k iU  S | A@, ~A@, @ @q U J  | @Ac ncok O ~BS @US | TS ~B  cc ~nTH @ U @Ac :Z @US ; cUUS, "~T@ s ~W @AaU, ~BR  AcdXo A@a @ sAS |" ~wTf BSF ~@AS T O AS ~T Ac ASUT | AcSf @Ac jAw A jUS AJA s^ | Ac T  v aJ c Ug TU UT S | ccR U ASUS   v | BS Y ~Tpmr AS RS AUT |

j ~ j@AS @Ac @a AwAa R @FT ~wTf rF J gAr@ o ZAa | (@FAUAS ~wTf cAK@ ew BSF  rSfR  wa |) AS @ cU sw AaU S TS, rKA@ @Ac  AcmpA g @AaU | j@ @ cUAaUS @@c | ~T @@BS ATU @Ac  A@a aAc UUT | c c TZ @Ac cUUS, "~T@ @v aAc A scS A@ |" -- "ASEOq," ~@c @Ac  Z @c jq ~T^H AS^q MgwF | U @ ST ST U ~eZF aAc Z gcUT,  ~T U aAcR jZS mS c ! A@ T ~gc aAc ew @q U S c ; Ai@ @UT  c j A sc | q aAc ~  AS J@ | b@ sc @AS ~wq ZUT rf ATS @Ac ~A^T rS |

OU wUS ~T mofS @Ac, gUc @Ac rT TS |  BfcS @AvaS b@ r, gUcaS jq r@ | ~ gUcaS ceUr, ceUr TSK@ | ~T s mofS ceUr B^Aa ; A, SfA ~ ^ ~T s-BfcS ~B AcK-- T cU wU -- "~T aUcU A@ec ~T sMcS A@ec jZS jTS A@a WvAS s Iv @ cU s | Zc oH j@v BfcS jce j @S OT@R Sq, @S eR Sq..." | ~T ~^ j@Av AcK pA m  A-- B^@ cU c -- rT TS cJO AaUS ~T T |

(c-38, Ac, 2006)

jq UZ ~S @TS UwU ?