Masudul Hoq (Bangladesh)

Masudul Hoq (Bangladesh)

Masudul Hoq is a contemporary Bengali poet, short story writer, translator and researcher.
His previous published work includes short stories; Tamakbari (1999), The poems Dhonimoy Palok (2000), Dhadhashil Chaya, of which the translated version is Shadow of Illusion (2005), and Jonmandher Swapna, of which the translated version is Blind Man’s Dream (2010, translated by Kelly J.Copeland). Masudul has also translated from English to Bengali T.S. Eliot’s poem Four Quartets (2012), and Allen Ginsburg’s poem Howl (2018). His poems have been published in the Chinese, Romanian, Mandarin, Azarbaijanese, Turkish, Nepali and Spanish languages. At present he is a Professor of Philosophy at a government college.


Lamp post

The touch of the hand is getting stronger
The body is slowly going deeper to the deepest
Towards the evening star

Light, light
With more magical light
Lamp post-
Awake in the darkness of centuries

We are changed
Mind is changing
Change in the city
samely the civil type

Still alone
The lamppost is awaken
There is a physical shadow of
Our conscience
The first light of the city
Under the Centennial Lamp post.