Gazi Abdulla-hel Baqui’s poem ‘Solid Gold’

My life begins with you,
My eyes behold anew,
Your beauty flashes about
Earnestly I grow with you.

Your gifts bedeck my life,
My breath sheds your oxygen.
When your tenderness arises
My joy abounds again.

My accents begin with you
When your name inspires,
I see unaltered around
Your nature sings as lyres.

Your heart fills my heart
With surprises unknown,
Your love extends forever
You are the nation’s crown.

Bangladesh is a land of beauty
Unparalleled in the world,
It gives me whatever I need,
This land is but a solid gold.

Gazi Abdulla-hel Baqui is a poet, researcher, translator and an educator. He writes in both Bangla and English.