Assamese has some of the most tender love poetry in India, and much of it is still hard to find online. If you are searching for the best Assamese love poems, this list is a good place to begin. It brings together the great romantic poets of a hundred years ago, Lakshminath Bezbaroa, Hem Chandra Goswami and Chandra Kumar Agarwala, with modern writers and our short two-line Heartlines. These poems are about letters from the beloved, a moonlit night beside a stream, the shy love hidden in the temple of the heart and the strange closeness of long-distance love. Love is the most popular theme on The Poetic Land, with sixty pieces tagged Love, and these ten are among the most romantic in Assamese. Each pick has a few lines in Assamese and a short note in English, so you can share them even with friends who don't read Assamese. Every title opens the full poem, free to read.
1তুমি মাথোঁ তুমি (Only You)
by Maina Gam Assamese Poem
তোমাক ভালপোৱাৰ কাৰণ
মোৰ পৃথিৱীখন ধুনীয়া হৈ পৰিছিল বাবেই নহয়,
A modern love poem about someone who taught the poet how to live again, even inside a broken world.
2প্ৰেম (Love)
by Lakshminath Bezbaroa Assamese Classic Poem
ব্ৰহ্মাণ্ডৰ সত্ত্ব যিটো পৰিছে নিজৰি;
গিৰি বন গছ লতা সচেতন কৰি;
Bezbaroa sees love as the force that moves rivers, opens flowers and joins two souls into one.
3প্ৰিয়তমাৰ চিঠি (The Beloved's Letter)
by Hem Chandra Goswami Assamese Classic Poem
সৌন্দৰ্য্যৰ বুকুৰ কাঁচলি উদঙাই,
প্ৰকৃতিৰ চোঁ-ঘৰ চালোঁ পিতপিত;
Hem Chandra Goswami says one letter from the one he loves smells sweeter than any poem ever written.
4সমৰ্পণ (Surrender)
by Jatindranath Duwara Assamese Classic Poem
কোনোবা জোনাক নিশা,
জুৰীৰ পাৰত তুমি আৰু মই
A moonlit night by a stream, a head resting in a lap, and a dream of love that ends at dawn.
5কাকূতি (A Plea)
by Hem Chandra Goswami Assamese Classic Poem
কাবৌ কৰিছোঁ দেবী নোলাবাঁ নোলাবাঁ,
আকৌ বেকাই চকু মোলৈ নেচাবাঁ।
A heartfelt plea to a beloved goddess, full of waiting, tears and devotion.
6কাকো আৰু হিয়া নিবিলাওঁ (I Will Not Give My Heart Again)
by Hem Chandra Goswami Assamese Classic Poem
সকলোৰে মুখে শুনো
তাতে বহি বহি গুণো,
Does love really exist? A poet gives his heart away and tells us what he found.
7প্ৰতিমা (The Idol)
by Chandra Kumar Agarwala Assamese Classic Poem
হৃদয়ৰ মন্দিৰত লুকুৱা প্ৰতিমা
ভাষা নাই কিৰূপে বুজাওঁ !
Chandra Kumar Agarwala on the shy love hidden in the temple of the heart, too tender to put into words.
8তোমাকেহে দিনে ৰাতি ফুৰোঁ মই দেখি (I See Only You, Day and Night)
by Lakshminath Bezbaroa Assamese Heartline
তোমাকেহে দিনে ৰাতি ফুৰোঁ মই দেখি।
তোমাকেহে ভাল পাওঁ মৰমৰ সখী॥
Two lines from Bezbaroa that say everything: I love only you, my dear friend.
9তুমি কাষত থাকিলে (When You Are Near)
by Rituparna Gogoi Assamese Heartline
তুমি কাষত থাকিলে
সৰু সৰু কথাবোৰো গীত হৈ পৰে।
A tiny Heartline: when you are close, even small talk turns into a song.
10আঁতৰত থাকিও কাষত থকা মানুহ (Near, Even From Far)
by The Poetic Land Assamese Heartline
আঁতৰত থাকিও কাষত থকা মানুহ,
তুমি মোৰ আটাইতকৈ ওচৰৰ দূৰত্ব।
A Heartline for long-distance love: you are my closest distance.
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