Golden Bengal

Golden Bengal

Golden Bengal, I love you too I love your plains and your skies, blue Rivers and boats are your lifeline On which depend your people fine Bhaiwayya Gaan on the flute Transports my mind to fields of jute Jackfruits, coconuts, fruits luscious Pineapples, all delicious Sudden showers and bursts of lightning Followed again by the sun shining Help to cool the humid weather Making flowers, birds, insects gather Jamdani, a fabric exquisite Is intricately by experts crafted Roshogolla, Shondesh are a treat Pleasing the palate with a taste sweet The Doel bird flies and sings beyond Pink lilies in a pretty pond These sights were all one day covered With piles of bodies red in blood Bullets were flying and bombs bursting Horrors unseen before were lurking Fifty years have now gone past Better times have come at last The golden jubilee year is here People are full of song and cheer This place was once a part of our land Its people with us went hand in hand The murky history is now over Let’s become again friends forever