Come, let's love this day at least, today let's force ourselves to love ourselves, if only for a few moments.
Today at least let's breathe in the intoxicating scent of our family's skin, today let's weave some stories that tomorrow will find a place in memory's ledger.
Just for today let's lose ourselves beyond this world's rigid rules, let only love make the rules today. Just in this moment let's compose some songs that can be touched with closed eyes, needing no caress.
Just for today let that five-taka orange drink taste like the finest soft drink, let's all drink happiness together in the name of refreshment. Just today let the sky seem like a full moon, let's mistake even pitch darkness for a sliver of moon.
Let's feel the rain by wearing today's cool weather on our skin, let's write with mist and give rain some rest, giving birth to a few lines of verse.
Today let's give all busy mothers and fathers a holiday, let's all come together and weave stories. Just for today let's live only for today and speak only of today, let tomorrow's gains or fears of loss not touch us.
Just for today let's leave stories aside and read poetry; remember, stories can't be recited like poems. Just for today let's not untangle the twisted knots of earphones, just for today let everything be beautifully messy.
Just for today let's break all rules and declare: chaos is my only rule! Today let's indulge all doubts and wrap them in blankets of faith to put them to sleep. Today let's stop the clock's hands and set traps to waste time as we please.
Today let's speak not with words but with glances. Today let's spend all the money we've saved in the bank.
Just for today let's convince ourselves again and again... this 'today' is all we have in our hands, there can be no other way to live this 'today' but to hold it close with cupped palms.