Ami Nari I am woman
Ami Bo I am wife
Ami Ma I am mother
Ami Nari I am woman
Ami Meh I am daughter
Ami Bon I am sister
Ami Bondu I am friend
Ami Nari I am woman
Ami jonmo howechi I was given life
Ami jonmo diechi I gave life
Ami onno desheh nagorik I am the another country’s citizen
Ami eh desheh nagorik I am this country’s citizen
Ami proti desheh nagorik I am every country’s citizen
Ami nari I am woman
Ami batcha I am baby
Ami buri I am an old woman
Jibon shesheh At life’s end
Kon sristi takbeh? Which memory will remain?
Konno sristi takbeh? Will any memory remain?
Sristi takbo? Will memory remain?
Ami nari I am woman
Morbo Ami I will die
Aschi mati tekeh I came from the earth
Fireh jaboh I will return (to it)
Thakbe amar shantan My children will remain
Ami Nari I am woman
written in 2008 (Bangla in English Transliteration)
on the occasion of International Women’s Day
Lori Imdad
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Once I Dreamt I was a Bird
Flying freely through the sky
My wings outstretched
Gliding to and fro
The sun shining brightly, gave warmth to my back
Suddenly, strange hissing sounds
Whizzed past my ears
Hot burning searing pain
Gripped my entire being
As I fell from the sky
I felt my soul escaping
Life slowly seeping from my body
I closed my eyes
I felt myself soar
Flying freely through the sky
And I dreamt I was a bird
written in 1994
acknowledgement to Khairul Anam
for his support and inspiration
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she has suffered infinite injustices
still she strives, her head held high
it’s a kind of pride
she has known domination, defeat
but regally rose,rebelling even mightier
for the day the fight would be over
she has cried an ocean of tears
for the senseless sacrifice of her sons
for the terrorizing torture of her daughters
and the reprehensible razing of her land
she shivered silently, signaling her soldiers
fierce freedom fighters
damning her dominators
finally freeing her people
resounding revelations of her independence
Bangladesh
written in 2004 New York as a tribute
to the freedom fighters of Bangladesh
Lori Imdad
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