A Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
A Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
A Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
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And make it a part <strong>of</strong> our very being.<br />
Early in the dark<br />
Do we venture forth<br />
Out <strong>of</strong> the thorny enclosures <strong>of</strong> dreams<br />
And to purge the feet <strong>of</strong> life<br />
Do we reach<br />
The depths <strong>of</strong> seas and rivers<br />
Fields and verdant meadows.<br />
We are not afraid <strong>of</strong> death.<br />
Shunning it merely<br />
As if<br />
Wary <strong>of</strong> the enemy<br />
To shield ourselves against danger.<br />
Not only are we like the trees<br />
Standing,<br />
Clasping the hands <strong>of</strong> the breeze<br />
But also<br />
Like the ants crawling on earth.<br />
And<br />
In the eyes <strong>of</strong> millions <strong>of</strong> peering rocks and stones<br />
We,<br />
The inhabitants <strong>of</strong> this continent.<br />
Those,<br />
Whose destiny<br />
You try to shatter are, at the moment<br />
Musty, stinking <strong>of</strong> religiosity<br />
But we,<br />
Have unwavering faith<br />
In the ultimate judgment<br />
When,<br />
Your shallow ideals, false oases<br />
Will betray you<br />
No one will hold you.<br />
Your adorned gods and goddesses<br />
Sitting in crowded bazaars<br />
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