Rush forth in free flow?
Did a million birds break free from caged hearts
And taking flight in flocks, rush homeward bound?
The valiant ones anointed their mothers'
Foreheads with their blood sacrifice
By the shoreline of the five rivers.
Mughals and Sikhs, in a life-or-death battle
Each gripped the other's throat
In a deathly embrace.
As a bloodied raptor, reeling from venom
Engages in a deadly struggle unto death
With a fanged, hooded serpent.
In vigorous battle that day, Hail to Guruji!
Roared the Sikh warriors
Even as maniacal Mughals athirst for blood
Chanted their battle cry. Presently, at the Fortress
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