The Luit’s Sky

By Jyotiprasad Agarwala

Star-spangled is the Luit's sky
The Dipawali of my blood on its banks
Mother, shed no tears
The lamp of blood is lit on the sacred altar
By your sons and daughters

The flame ignited during the days of Lachit
Is yet to extinguish, O' mother
The wick burns with spurts of blaze
With fresher and newer blood

Douse not the fire with your gushing tears
Let the grim darkness melt away
Star-spangled is the Luit's sky
The Dipawali of my blood on its banks


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* Luit : another name of the Brahmaputra river
* Dipawali : festival of light

Translated by Krishna Dulal Barua

Jyotiprasad Agarwala (b.1903-d.1951) was a noted poet, songwriter, playwright, filmmaker and freedom fighter of Assam.

Krishna Dulal Barua is a prominent translator and writer based in Nagaon, Assam. He received the Katha Award for translation in 2005.

Click here to read the original Assamese poem.

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