ghore ferar daak

onek din hoye geche cherechi ghor
ghor poribortito hoyeche arek barite
chelebelar khelna ar sriti ekhon bikoy kagojer dore
khuje firchi shudhu arek ghorer thikana

ghore ferar daak ekhon
niye ashe markin desher khoniker bashate
shekhanei guchiye rakhchi notun shukh dukkho ar ashake
notun kore gorchi ek nuton poribar
tobuo pichu daak shuni kebol
fele asha ghorer sriti bholano bhar

jibon ekhon shudhui boye chole kortobbyer bhelai
bhalobasha priti sneho shob geche mishe matite
royeche shudhu kritogyo bedhito badhyota

its been many days since i have left home
home has now been turned into just another house
childhood toys and memories now sell like old newspaper
trying to find directions to a new home again

when the call comes to return home
i come back to a temporary home in a foreign land
that is where I am safely keeping my new hopes and feelings
i am rebuilding another family
and yet i still get called back
my abandoned home is hard to forget

life's raft is now overburdened with obligations
love affection fondness have all gotten trodden under feet
all that is left is obligation flavored with a diseased feeling of indebtedness.