To Mahatma-ji
(Mahatmajir Proti)
Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926-1947)
Translated  © 2022 from the Bengali by Monish R Chatterjee
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Of our teeming 400 million, I too am one, I know
Abruptly in the airwaves I've heard the pronouncement -
The great moment in my life has arrived, instantly wiping away
All apprehension and cowardice. The drumbeats of exultation
Ring out in my bloodstream: Hold hands, today, with Gandhiji.
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For ages here we have struggled, embraced death, resolved
To scale someday the mountain of corpses
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