Poem for Children

In the lands of eyes there shall be rain
It will soak the earth, soil, ether
Tears shall freezer into snow
Pain and grief shall descend in as avalanche

I shall then grow up swallowing time in dire hunger
I shall burn in the fire lit by rubbing the flints of life
Remember children, when I shall be defeated
Outside there will be rain and . . . . rain shall fall.

Translated by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman

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