Amar bari’r baire ke jeno ekta chhatim gachh lagiyechhe.
Pujo’r aage aage, gachhe phool dhore. Ar shei phool’er gondhe neshagrosto ami,
tomar kotha bhabi. Maa, aajo mone pore tomay. Ami jaani tomra shobai amake
bhule thakte chaao. Ami toh shei kobe paliye eshechhi, shob chhere. Maa go,
holde sharee pore jokhon tumi bhorbela shiuli phool kurote, ami janla diye
chupi chupi dekhtam. Pujo maanei, tomar shathe lukochuri khela. Aar chokhe
chokh rekhe’o bhalobasha tuku bojhate pari ni. Chhotto Maa amar, ajo tumi amar
lekha chithi buke aagle rekhe, nishshobde kede otho? Tomar mone pore, para’r
natoke tumi Hirimba ar ami Bheem. Rehearsal’er shomoy tomar choti lukiye
rakhtam shiri’r neeche. Raage, obhimaane jokhon kotha bondho kore dite,
bishwash koro, Raja’r haat diye chocolate gulo ami’I kine pathatam. Thakurer
bidaay bela, laal sharee te prithibi’r nodee-maath-bhaatful’er cheyeo shundor
dyakhato tomaay.
Maa go, ekdin phire ashbo. Narkel naru, patishapta baniye
khawabe Maa? Ar jonmodine paayesh? Mone pore, tumi ar ami bikele hete hete
bajare jetam. Ami tomar kachhe jed kortam chocolate khawar. Tokhon bujhini Maa,
tomar haat’er narkel naru bishwer shobcheye daami chocolate’er thekeo shera. Ar
Baba jokhon “Baundule chhele!” bole terey ashto, tumi rukhe darate, barbar. Ami
tomar mukh rakhini, Maa. Tobu, Chhatim phool’er gondhe ekadhik bar, tomar hashi
hashi mukh’ta mone pore. Tomar amay mone na’i ba thakuk.
Amay bhul bujho naa, Maa. Bohujuuger, bohukaal’er paap bohon
kore berachhi ami. Tai toh paliye paliye berai. Lukiye lukiye thaki. Buke bhoy.
Keu jodi mukhosh ta khule deye amar. Tar theke tomra amay bhule jaao, Maa. Ami
shokol Maa’ke noshto korechhi. Ami shohosro haashi haashi mukhe kanna’r srot
boiyechhi. Maa go, amay khoma koro na. Tomar bidaay bela duur thekei dekhbo,
Maa, Ganga’r buk’e tumi bheshe bheshe krom’e dhongsho hochho. E bidaay toh
tuchho. Hajar bochhor dhore tomay tiley tiley dhongsho korechhi amra. Bhule jeo
Maa. Bijoya doshomi’r raatei, shob taa bhule jeo.
