বিপ্লৱ—স্বাধীনতাक्रांति, क्रांति, क्रांतिThe evolution of a revolution:a r(evolution) that demands freedomincised on my poetry—a slogan to the carcasses of my ancestors,a protest to my womanhood strangled with war,आज़ादी, आज़ादी, आज़ादीবিপ্লৱ—স্বাধীনতাक्रांति, क्रांति, क्रांतिThe evolution of a revolution:stamped on the Tiranga—with the voice of Kanaklata echoing“Vande Mataram “;blood imprinted at Gohpur,आज़ादी, आज़ादी, आज़ादीবিপ্লৱ—স্বাধীনতাक्रांति, क्रांति, क्रांतिThe evolution of a revolution:inscribed on the chronicles of Savitribai Phule—when nazism steadily crept
into the ghungats of my country,when chauvinism was a firearm
shot at the dalits of my country,when fascism was a handgun
that turned the parting line of a widow’s hair
into a concentration camp
and engraved red kumkum,आज़ादी, आज़ादी, आज़ादीবিপ্লৱ—স্বাধীনতাक्रांति, क्रांति, क्रांतिThe evolution of a revolution:etched on our ashes that only rise, rise, rise—so burn us for one more time,sati has our grandmothers’ funeral pyres,आज़ादी, आज़ादी, आज़ादीবিপ্লৱ—স্বাধীনতাস্বাধীনতা—বিপ্লৱआज़ादी, आज़ादी, आज़ादीsati has our grandmothers’ funeral pyres,so burn us for one more time,etched on our ashes that only rise, rise, rise—the evolution of a revolutionक्रांति, क्रांति, क्रांतिস্বাধীনতা—বিপ্লৱआज़ादी, आज़ादी, आज़ादीwhen fascism was a handgun
that turned the parting line of a widow’s hair
into a concentration camp
and engraved red kumkum,
when chauvinism was a firearm
shot at the dalits of my country,when nazism steadily crept
into the ghungats of my country,inscribed on the chronicles of Savitribai Phule—the evolution of a revolutionक्रांति, क्रांति, क्रांतिস্বাধীনতা—বিপ্লৱआज़ादी, आज़ादी, आज़ादीblood imprinted at Gohpur,with the voice of Kanaklata echoing“Vande Mataram “;stamped on the Tiranga—the evolution of a revolutionक्रांति, क्रांति, क्रांतिস্বাধীনতা—বিপ্লৱआज़ादी, आज़ादी, आज़ादीa protest to my womanhood strangled with war,a slogan to the carcasses of my ancestors,a r(evolution) that demands freedomincised on my poetry—the evolution of a revolutionक्रांति, क्रांति, क्रांतिস্বাধীনতা—বিপ্লৱ
~Sudakshina Kashyap
Assam, India