If I Go Before You Poem by Sankar Sarkar

1
If I go before you
I'll tell Him everything
What I've witnessed
How are you all here?
How days are passing here!
Besides I will tell him
How I reached him
Through thorny vicissitudes!

2
Don't worry
Be patient
Trust me a little
As friend or foe,
I am one of you
I am one of the bereft
And victims of misery
On this soil of toiling!
I promise you
Before parting
I'll meet you here
Either in dark or light!

3


Don't be disheartened
Be confident!
I must meet
And profess him all,
If anyone disallows me
To enter and meet him there,
I'll proclaim a war
Against this despotism;

4
I'll call them all
Who came here before
I am certain
Their hearts will melt
Hearing of your plight,
Their souls will stir
And revolt against
This injustice!
We'll continue our war
Till the moon ceases;

5
Hope the clamor of rebellion
And agony of afflicted souls
Will reach his ear,
Perhaps he did not hear
Your outcry and dirge
From distant land!
He will come to us
To stop war and enquire
Of this rebel,
I'll profess him all
What is happening here!

6
I believe
He will be glad
A worthy smile will flash
Across his majestic lips
And he'll feel proud
Of listening and seeing
Our love for you!
Besides he'll beckon us
To seat to feed our
Tired souls with his vagary!

7
If not
War will continue
Against his inhospitality
And animosity onward,
This will not stop
Until he confesses our heart's!
Forever this revolt will go on
By new and old comers,
Annals will be preserved
In every furrow of the great time
We come and revel
Against God infinitely
For his pity and bounty!
Don't upset
Trust me a little
I'll tell him everything
If I go before you
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