Your eyes, your face, and your grace

they look like museum specimens,

so lifeless and antiquated they are.

Your behaviors and modes of life,

makes me feel that you are

a mere replica of the living corpse.

Your arms, your legs, and your fists

they look like hollow straw

 beaten by the frost of time.

O’ Brothers and sisters!

Listen, listen to me please!

“Stand up for what you believe in

and then fight for your rights.

Speak up for what you believe in

and then shout for your rights.

Then those who are weak

will get inspiration from you,

and in the future

they shall rise from their slumber too.

There are millions of unfortunate ones,

who are left behind by the human rights.

Think about these people, and act.”

Brothers and sisters!

Listen, listen to me please!

There is an eternal joy

and a real power for standing up

for what you believe in.

There is a silken pleasure

in doing the thing

that you think is right

for the betterment of us all.

Let the humanity’s will be done.

Let there be freedom amongst the earthly stars.

Let the blazing humanity burn the suppressor’s core.

Let the sons and daughters of this earth

dwell under the perpetual light of the liberation.

Brothers and sisters!

Listen, listen to me please!

Don’t cry, sob, and break out.

Don’t act as a half-starved limping snail

and let your life pass away

in a succession of listless restrains.

Gather strength from within you

Don’t let anybody suppress you.

Believe in yourself, my friend!

Empower yourself

to fight for your rights.

Copyright 2008 Bhuwan Thapaliya