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Poet Shakti Chattopadhyay

Poet Shakti Chattopadhyay
was died on this day, in the year 1995 in Kolkata at the age of 61. He was one of the powerful and popular poet of Bengal, contemporary of Sunil Gangopadhyay. 
          Shakti Chattopadhyay was a bohemian poet. He loved to travel hills, forests and villages of Bengal with friends, and sometimes, alone.
           He was born on 25 November, 1933 at Jaynagar of South 24-Parganas. 

            He was very strong in Bengali language. His poems are literally gems of Bengali literature.
The admirer of Bengali poems can never forget his immortal poems - "Abani, Bari Achcho?" (অবনী বাড়ি আছো) and "Jete Pari, Kintu Keno Jabo" (যেতে পারি, কিন্তু কেন যাবো)
            In my college life, in late 70s, I had a scope to listen his poems by the poet himself, when he physically attended a literary function at Sisir Mancha, Kolkata. It was an unforgettable experience.

            Here are some poems of Shakti Chattopadhyay I love to recite:
            যেতে পারি কিন্তু কেন যাব

ভাবছি, ঘুরে দাঁড়ানোই ভাল
এত কালো মেখেছি দু হাতে
এত কাল ধরে।
কখনো তোমার করে, তোমাকে ভাবিনি।

এখন খাদের পাশে রাত্তিরে দাঁড়ালে
চাঁদ্ ডাকে আয়, আয়, আয়।
এখন গঙ্গার তীরে ঘুমন্ত দাঁড়ালে
চিতা কাঠ ডাকে আয়, আয়, আয়।

যেতে পারি,
যেকোনো দিকেই আমি চলে যেতে পারি
কিন্তু, কেন যাবো?

সন্তানের মুখ ধরে একটি চুমো খাবো
যাবো
কিন্তু, এখনি যাবো না
তোমাদেরও সঙ্গে নিয়ে যাবো
একাকী যাবো না অসময়ে।



অবনী বাড়ি আছো

অবনী বাড়ি আছো
অবনী বাড়ি আছো
দুয়ার এঁটে ঘুমিয়ে আছে পাড়া
কেবল শুনি রাতের কড়ানাড়া
‘অবনী বাড়ি আছো?’

বৃষ্টি পড়ে এখানে বারোমাস
এখানে মেঘ গাভীর মতো চরে
পরাঙ্মুখ সবুজ নালিঘাস
দুয়ার চেপে ধরে–
‘অবনী বাড়ি আছো?’

আধেকলীন হৃদয়ে দূরগামী
ব্যথার মাঝে ঘুমিয়ে পড়ি আমি
সহসা শুনি রাতের কড়ানাড়া
‘অবনী বাড়ি আছ?’

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