How to Say I Love You in Bangla
At the kitchen table, Jason reminded me, “It’s our wedding. I think you can say whatever you want, in any language.”
I love youami tomake bhalobashi
I love youami tomake bhalobashiami tomake bhalobashi
ami tomake bhalobashi
ami tomake bhalobashite amoje t’aime
I love youBody Work
Feet, don’t fail me now.
ami tomake bhalobashi
I love you
I love you
ami tomake bhalobashi

Tauheed Zaman (he/him) is a writer and physician whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Salon, and Foglifter Journal. He was selected by Lambda Literary as a 2022 Emerging Voices fellow, and his prose is upcoming in the organization’s anthology, Emerge (2023). He serves as an associate editor of hybrid/nonfiction at Foglifter, and is working on his first book of experimental essays. When not writing, you can find him singing with the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus or kayaking the Pacific coast.
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