Monday, February 15, 2016

What the hell would I do with a Nation...

If someday some intruders come and occupy my country,
I wouldn't have any problem.

I am not at all anxious in the increasing population of the Muslims,
The Bangladeshi Immigrants have never spoiled my peace of mind.

I do not like the hue and cry you make in the name of your country.

I do not have any problem if my country gets scattered into pieces.
I don't care someone's statue
whether placed or not at the crossroad.
Who just came and started farming upon whose land...
it were never a matter of concern of mine.
What concerns me is if the land is still a barren land...

This stagnancy you brought to the everyday life -
with a mockery towards social concern and revolution
- I have problem just out there.
Slurring life, this numbness  of soul,
and next to it the huge discontent you make for power
- I have problem just out there.
An open green field turns to a dirty slam in the name of development
- I have problem just out there.
 This country is full of rivers, water bodies and heavy rainfalls
and then there is always scarcity of fish in the market,
- I have problem just out there.

Pushing behind a world of love, I cannot embrace a country of hatred.  
Pushing behind a world of love, I won't embrace your nation of hatred.  

Even today people try to segregate people in the name of religion
- I have problem just out there.

If I fail to become a human first, what would I do with a nation?
Nation was only human's need. Wasn't it?

(*badly Translated from Assamese)