POEM: Ghazal

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Kazi Nazrul Islam :

Send again From Heaven
[Pathao Behesht hotey]

Send again, Hazrat ! from Heaven
The message of justice and toleration!
I can no longer see this hateful hitting
Between man and man!

Tell, them Hazrat ! tell them all
Who pretend to follow thy Divine Call.
To love all men as the creatures of God.
And to regard all as the creation of God !

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The virtue of Justice and Toleration.
Which was yours and which had made
Half the world to believe in you-
That virtue we have not learnt to value!

The slaves and dupes that we are,
The Quran and Hadith we merely hear!
Despised in the world we are
By disregarding your commands clear!

The suffering humanity we hate,
But we say: We submit to God Compassionate!

Translation : Mizanur Rahman (Late)

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