In the street of the city
Another young thinker has died
"May God be glorified!"
The walls of the university
In agony have sighed
"May God be glorified!"
I was one of those fighters
who helped the sun rise
In the middle of the green
Overjoyed with the dreams
Of golden Sonar Bangla
Will be now concretely seen
Many dreams lie bloodied
Many hopes have been
belied
"May God be glorified!"
Oh brothers, you have mixed
The blood of
Bangabandhu
In the revered
Padma’s flow
Many who laid their
youth
Upon the altars
of freedom
Still suffer the
painful blow
And you continue
to machete
More ‘bandhus
far and wide
"May God be glorified!"
Return not to the
same darkness
Rush not to the same
gory night
Lo, in the earth
it’s a new morn
With the sunrays
on your face
Walk to the future
fearlessly
From hill tops
blow the liberty horn
Motherland in
tears has cried
"May God be
glorified!"
Xavier Bage
Sun, April 10,
2016
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