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United We Stand
Landslide to our right,
And the gorge to our left.
The fear of bombs in our head,
Through the glacier we navigate.
We have lost our way
Our homes blown away
The corpses of our children
Scattered far and wide!
The fear of death
Haunts us at this moment!
We have nowhere else to go
United we stand, our only hope.
We have no past!
The deeds of our days gone by
Cover our eyes in shame
We are beggars – that’s our cry.
The earth may be alive
The world may be dead
Who knows about us?
As we move from door to door.
Our numbers may be less,
But here we are alive.
Let us hold, hand in hand
A Hope for life, united we stand.
This is a translation of a poem ‘আয় আরো বেঁধে বেঁধে থাকি’ by poet Shankha Ghosh. He passed away this morning. This poem is relevant in the trying times the human civilisation is passing through. This is a small tribute to the great poet.