Niloy Rafiq was born on 6 August in 1983 in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh. He started writing from his school days. Firstly his poems were published in the local daily newspapers and then national and international newspapers, magazines and journals. His poems have been translated into twenty different languages as well included in the anthologies around the world. He has published seven books. He received so many awards and certificates and honors for his literary works. His poems are translated by Jyotirmoy Nandy, a skilled translator in the world.
THE HEART CRIES
Pebbles in the cloud’s door panel, flower in the secret eye
The boat of words beckons in the unknown sea
Forgetting the way, tossed on the river bank by waves,
A rain shower, a dumb face, the lost time.
The heart cries to see closely the river Bankkhali
A hazy mirror plays with beauty and warm love,
Soft smiling water lily with a yearning plea
Depressed is the tiller of the words of the root
Revolving by the nor ’wester of divorced in summer
O the courageous sailor, have the patience of a craftsman
A gentle course against the current of the ebb tide
A great life expectancy in the city of nature.
Translated into English by Jyotirmoy Nandy
