Jabar Poth Nei Temon

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Kabir Suman

 Those were still my keyboard days. I hadn't touched a guitar yet. In those days I did my compositions on the keyboards. The structure of this song reflects that. I liked the melody and the interplay of the melody and the words immensely but I never played it to anyone. I cannot explain why this song remained hidden in a secret nook. "ferar poth nei temon/ferari dine tumi ele shohosha." But at that time no one had arrived all on a sudden. Who knows how a song is born! Is it sometimes a secret wish? A wish that seldom comes true? If it does, the story becomes predictable and loses its edge. A few months ago a friend wanted me to play her some songs. She was recording me on a Zoom high definition video camera. I kept playing songs to her and in the midst of it all this song surfaced from the recesses of my mind. I layered two piano voices to get the flavor of an electric piano sound

-Kabir Suman.

যাবার পথ নেই তেমন
 
যাবার পথ নেই তেমন 
পাবার পথ নেই তেমন 
ফেরার পথ নেই তেমন 
ফেরারি দিনে তুমি এলে সহসা।
 
এদিনে নেই যৌবনের 
যা হবে হোক অঙ্গীকার 
দাঁড়িয়ে আছে মাঝপথে 
গুমরে ওঠা অন্ধকার।
 
সমারোহের দিন এ নয় 
এ দিনে নেই রং বাহার 
ফেরার পথ নেই তেমন 
ফেরারি দিনে তুমি এলে সহসা।
 

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