Waiting for a slogan
-----Aranna Hassan Delwar.
Even today I cross the bloody highway
Even today I can smell the burning flesh on the ground
I wake up every night with the screams of a mother who has lost her child.
The body of the child on the shoulder of the father is wet with the rain of mourning
Is this my country? For which he gave his life
Three million people?
Is this country of mine obtained by the sacrifice of four hundred thousand?
The smell of burning flesh in the air
Universities that are known as the best schools
Who is playing Holi murder today?
Who is responsible for the suicide of the raped woman?
The girl who pierced her chest and screamed "Jai Bangla" in the blood
That boy is now kneeling with age
Today, sitting next to the body of her child, her eyes filled with tears
Looking at the sky full of emptiness.
In the brains of the rotten people of the rotten society
Prohibited cultivation of opium
The new generation finds darkness as opposed to light
People live in a world of smoke!
Women's naked dance finds happiness night and day
The rise of bigots has increased in the society
Nudity and obscenity are being sold under the guise of religion.
I feel very scared today---
Forgetting the identity of the nation
Identity of society divided into tribes and religions
Tearing down familiar enemies
Helpless father is trying to fight brother to brother
Mother's body lies in the yard in the hot sun
A hat on the head and a body covered with long hair
There is nothing to talk about these days---
A bloodsucking nation is reaping the golden harvest.
Iftar in the mosque
Lines of starving skeletons outside
Human values are burning in the fire of political revenge,
Cultivation of vocational education is going on in capitalist madrasas
And the universities are getting full of weeds
Turning into a jungle.
The northern generation of independence has lost its heritage
He forgot his father's identity
What more can be expected from a fatherless child?
My flag is neglected today,
My national anthem is rusted
My map is demon possessed today
Gotta stand up again---
Must be united in one slogan---.
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© Aranna Hasan Delwar
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