Sin (Poem By Kazi Nazrul Islam) Poem by Sayeed Abubakar

I sing the song of equality, —
All the sinners and repentants
are my brothers and sisters.
Among men and women,
who has not committed sin
in this sinful world?
We are the contemptible persons,
even the helmsmen of sinners
are drowned into sin!
For the heavy sin of 33 crore gods,
Heaven is in a tottering condition.
Demons enter Heaven
through the sinful path of gods.
From Adam down to this Nazrul,
all have, more or less, slaughtered virtue
with the knife of sin.
The world is the abode of sin;
half of it is God, half of it is Satan.
Listen, o fanatics,
count your own sin before counting other's.
The lotus of virtue
grows out of the quagmire of sin;
Here sin is in all flowers!
This beautiful earth is replete
with deception and curse.
Unable to avoid these sins,
all the ancient incarnations
pledged their souls and lives to virtue
and bodies to sin.

Friend, I have not told any lie;
Leave aside men,
from Brahma, Bishnu and Shiva,
come down gradually to all the devotees,
sages, saints and hermits—
their souls are the sacrificing ascetics,
their bodies the hedonists!
This world is the store of sin;
Here the empty sack of virtue lies
on the back of Religion's ass.
Here all are equally sinful;
we weigh other's sins in the scale
with the weight of our own sins.

If you are none but a god,
why do you ask for an explanation
of our conduct?
Putting on a cap
or keeping a tuft of hair on head,
you always speak
as though you were not a sinner!
If not a sinner,
why is there such an extravagant show
of trademark?
Wearing the costume of Police
you have been the crimimal of sin
concealing yourself.

Friend, hear a funny story:
once the innocent angels
assembled at a meeting of Heaven
were discussing the laws of God
complaining against Him—
‘Day and night we worship so much
and try to satisfy Him,
yet He does not seem pleased with us—
all His love and mercy fall only
on the mankind
who are addicted to sin and made of clay! '
God the omniscient listened all
and told them smiling,
‘They are the children of humble dust
with very frail minds;
in every flower there lies the pain of mistakes,
in eyes and on lips there remains curse,
there is the burning desire of lust in sandal wood
and thirst for kisses in the Moon!
There is collyrium in maiden's eyes,
silver chain on her waist,
lac-dye on the borders of her feet
and on her lips the hue of chewed betel-leaf;
seeing that, Cupid himself falls dead.
Beautiful Satan guards there
with vigilant eyes.
In every breast
there is the crescent bow offlowers
and the arrow of flowers
in every eye.
All the angels said,
‘Lord, let us see how the Earth is
and how flowers blossom there,
at whose head
there lie death and decrepitude! '
God said, ‘ Let the best two among you
go to Earth
and come to know
how awful its temptation is! '
Haroot and Maroot,
the glory as the Sun
and the Moon of all angels,
came down into human habitation
and became partners of the Earth of dust.

Here is illusion in every human shape
and trap in every shadow;
in its lotus-lake,
the Moon of the sky has become 700 Moons!
Sound, smell and colour have set up here
a magic noose;
on every bank of rivers,
laughter overflows the pitchers
and flute moans in every meadow!
Within two days, the heart ofthe Fire-Angels
was soaked with the juice of Earth;
the amorous lookof carp-like eyes
set deep marks on their bosoms.
Waving garment,
overflowing water in the pitcher
set on her waist, goes the coquetteZohra—
the ambassadors of Heaven got captivated
by that beauty
and surrendered themselves at her red feet!
The fear for Hell
was sunk in the juice of her pine-apple lips;
and the earthen bowl was intoxicated
with the blood-red juice of grapes!
The barrage ofself-restraint
was washed away,
the wall of prohibition was broken down;
they drank the wine of Earth on her flowery lips
to their heart's content.

God said smiling to all the angels in Heaven,
"See what the evil Earth has done
to Haroot and Maroot! "
Damsel knows magic here;
with one inkling of her eyes,
the meditation of million ages
disappears in the air!
The beautiful Earth possesses an eternal youth;
Not Shiva, her lordis Cupid!

11.8.2017 Sirajganj