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A Distressed Man

Riding a local train through the Bangladeshi scorching heat an old man told me how his houses were submerged into the Bay of Bengal at night.

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Penumbra Moravova

Date: 7/14/2017 4:34:00 AM

translated to Czech language the poem looks like this: Cestou osobním vlakem ve spalujícím žáru Bangladéše mi jakýsi starý muž vyprável, jak jeho domy klesají pod hladinu v Bengálském zálivu za noci. --Md Šahadat Hossain (2017)

Md Shahadat Hossain
Date: 7/14/2017 5:42:00 AM

It's my pleasure. I am hononred indeed...

Penumbra Moravova

Date: 7/14/2017 4:27:00 AM

I am from Czech Republic (from the capital, Prague). Small country in central Europe :)

Penumbra Moravova

Date: 7/7/2017 4:08:00 AM

Thank you so much! (I actally logged in this web only to ask your permission as I fell in love with the poem)

Md Shahadat Hossain
Date: 7/7/2017 3:36:00 PM

It's alright. No worries. Where are you from?

Penumbra Moravova

Date: 7/4/2017 2:27:00 PM

I really like this poem. Could I translate it to my native language and use it as a "motto" for a chapter in a book (fiction, adventure) I am writing? It would be like a quotation, with the author of the poem written there.

Md Shahadat Hossain
Date: 7/4/2017 3:52:00 PM

Of course you can...