Heartlines are The Poetic Land's two-line poems: small enough to read in one breath and big enough to stay with you all day. They are perfect for a WhatsApp status or a caption, and Assamese Heartlines are some of the most shared on the site. This list is about home: the beat of the Bihu dhol that calls you back from anywhere, the Brahmaputra flowing past, the smell of the garden after rain, a glass of red tea made by Ma and a father's silent worry that only makes sense once you have left. It also includes famous lines from Lakshminath Bezbaroa and Parvati Prasad Baruva about Assam itself, the land they loved more than gold. If you live away from Assam, for work or study, these ten will feel like a phone call from home. Each Heartline is shown in Assamese with a short English note, and every title opens the full post, free to read and share.
1বিহুৰ ঢোলে মাতিলে মন ৰৈ নাথাকে (When the Bihu Drum Calls)
by Mridusmita Bhuyan Assamese Heartline
বিহুৰ ঢোলে মাতিলে মন ৰৈ নাথাকে,
যিমান দূৰতেই নাথাকোঁ কিয়, মনটো ঘৰলৈ উভতি যায়।
However far away you are, one beat of the Bihu dhol sends your heart running home.
2ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰৰ পাৰত বহি থাকোঁতে বুজিলোঁ (Sitting by the Brahmaputra)
by Nayanmoni Bora Assamese Heartline
ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰৰ পাৰত বহি থাকোঁতে বুজিলোঁ,
বৈ যোৱাটোৱেই জীৱনৰ আচল নিয়ম।
Watching the great river, the writer learns that flowing on is the real rule of life.
3বৰষুণৰ পাছত বাৰীৰ মাটিৰ গোন্ধে (The Smell of Earth After Rain)
by Papori Dutta Assamese Heartline
বৰষুণৰ পাছত বাৰীৰ মাটিৰ গোন্ধে
মোৰ শৈশৱক আজিও মাতি আনে।
The smell of the garden soil after rain still calls back a whole childhood.
4মাৰ হাতৰ এগিলাচ ৰঙা চাহ (A Glass of Mother's Red Tea)
by Ankur Hazarika Assamese Heartline
মাৰ হাতৰ এগিলাচ ৰঙা চাহ,
পৃথিৱীৰ আটাইতকৈ মৰমৰ ঔষধ।
Red tea made by Ma: the most loving medicine in the world.
5ঘৰৰ পৰা আঁতৰত থাকিলেহে গম পালোঁ (Far From Home)
by Juri Borthakur Assamese Heartline
ঘৰৰ পৰা আঁতৰত থাকিলেহে গম পালোঁ,
দেউতাৰ নীৰৱ চিন্তাই আছিল মোৰ আটাইতকৈ ডাঙৰ আশ্ৰয়।
Only after leaving home did the writer see that a father's silent worry was the biggest shelter of all.
6অ’ মোৰ আপোনাৰ দেশ (O My Own Country)
by Lakshminath Bezbaroa Assamese Heartline
অ’ মোৰ আপোনাৰ দেশ
অ’ মোৰ চিকুণী দেশ
Bezbaroa's famous lines for Assam, the beautiful, fruitful, beloved land.
7নোবোলো তোক সোণৰ অসম (I Will Not Call You Golden Assam)
by Parvati Prasad Baruva Assamese Heartline
নোবোলো তোক সোণৰ অসম
মাটিৰ অসম আই,
Parvati Prasad Baruva says this soil is worth more than gold, because it is the place he was born.
8লুইতৰ চাপৰিত ক’ৰে নাৱৰীয়া (The Boatman on the Luit)
by Parvati Prasad Baruva Assamese Heartline
লুইতৰ চাপৰিত ক’ৰে নাৱৰীয়া
বালিত ভাতে ৰান্ধি খায়,
A picture of boatmen cooking rice on the sandbanks of the Luit, straight out of old Assam.
9লুইতৰ পাৰত সন্ধিয়া নামে লাহে লাহে (Evening on the Banks of the Luit)
by The Poetic Land Assamese Heartline
লুইতৰ পাৰত সন্ধিয়া নামে লাহে লাহে,
মাৰ মাতটোৱে ঘৰলৈ মাতে।
Evening falls slowly on the river, and a mother's voice calls you home.
10তোমাৰ নামটো লিখি থৈ আহিলোঁ (I Left Your Name Behind)
by Papori Dutta Assamese Heartline
তোমাৰ নামটো লিখি থৈ আহিলোঁ
কুঁৱলীয়ে ঢকা চাহ বাগিচাৰ পাতে পাতে।
A name written on the misty leaves of a tea garden: love and home in two lines.
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