'Let There Be Rain' Poem by Shafiqul Islam

After many days
Today wind beckons a immediate rainfall
And nectar smell of clay spread in the air-
Everyone is worried about
Thinking immediate shower.
Everybody is eager to return home
Before starting rain
Yet there is no worry in my mind
No remarkable hastiness is visible
In my movement.

After a long heat wave
Possibility of coveted shower
Spread joy furtively in my warm heart.
I await eagerly for rainfall.
Let it rain now
Let it come down after long
Though there is no shade of big tree
To take shelter,
Even I have no umbrella
If rain water soaks my whole body,
Wearing clothes-
In spite of that let the rain come
May it fall over the whole sky
Let the rain dropp submerging
fields and meadows.
If that unfrugal rain water drowns me
Even engulfs my homestead
There is no loss.

Yet, be it rained
In Ethiopia, Sudan
Drought-engulfed famine-striken
Most unfortunate Africa-
Let vast waste land of Africa
Be filled with green crops
Before happening all
Let the rain fall
In the desert of conscience
May the humanity bloom there
Alike flower.
And the world and evils of mind
Be purified.

Let man's love for one another
Turns into fountain
Mixing with rain water.
Let it flows as endless wave
Touching every thirsty soul.
Now, after a long time
May it rain in torrent
This time, profusely
Across our fields and meadows
Of dust-covered filthy heart.