Father-Leader

Father-Leader

Mir Mahboob Ali

(1) Struggle, Rise, Internment and Return

From the tumultuous pandemonium of the fifties through the seventies
Sheik Mujib rose not only a name, a revolution.
Nemesis of the tyrannical octopus, heavenly blessings for his people
People deprived, impoverished, tyrannized, he is the Saviour, Emancipator.
Bengal Tigers found their roar long lost, till now neglected utterly

Forcing the mighty bow before the wishes of the most, stood up with full glory,
God, the Almighty ordained him the Liberator worthy of people

Long deprived of their rightful rights, oppressed shamefully.

His life on the line the leader wrested freedom

For his countrymen from the clutches of Satan,

He unshackled his brethren.
Defying death back from the intriguers’ dark dungeon
Came back the uncrowned king to the ‘smiles of million’.

Angels above cried with him, informed of unspeakable torture
Rape, destruction, committed by the Paki-occupation
In the name of religion brutalizing a whole nation -
Despicable hypocrisy, shameless, brazen blasphemy!
Devoid of any shred of humanity, the diabolic, myopic force
Descended straight from the seething, burning, swirling hell-
Their perpetual abode; gyrating like a huge slimy serpent.
With the mayhem unsatisfied, beheading a whole nation conspired.
Created a corps of bootlicking sycophants- called Rajakars
Picked up the intelligentsia gathered by this devilish Mafia:-
Notorious Al-Badar, Al-Shams, killed them after inhuman torture.
The skies cried the earth trembled but the brutes remained unmoved.

Now thundering ‘Joy Bangla’, the holy battle cry of Liberation
Bengalese in millions rushed out to welcome their beloved leader,
Liberator, the Emancipator, Saviour the Founder - the Father.
Breaching skies thundered ‘Joy Bangla’, reaching Heavens above
Sky shook, the earth trembled and Heavens whirled and bled
Tremors reaped the heart of the beastly enemy interned,
Blood congealed with fear, face blackened with shameful defeat.

(II) Reaction and Amnesty*

Heart torn into pieces, tears in his eyes, the leader remembers
God the Omniscient, the Prophet and his Mecca conquest.
The last Messenger forgave Sanguinary Meccans
His own people still heathen out of fatherly compassion.
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Thus, the leader vows in his heart not to avenge
Deaths, the destruction caused by the collaborators.
The leader of leaders, the benevolent Bengali
The greatest of all Bengalese chose the path of peace
Rejecting vengeful killing of the loathsome vanquished.
And thus, he rose above the multitude all over again
As was he towering always above all and sundry
A leader dignified and compassionate in gaol and glory
Statesman of supreme calibre, prudent, steadfast and astute.


(III) Necessity of Leaders

A revolution to succeed, a leader forever a paramount necessity
French Revolution or Sepoy Mutiny proved that conclusively.
Revolution is no revolution at all without the masses.
Uprising without a leader is a missile nuclear in the wilderness.
Revolution armed or unarmed a tremendous change in the lives of millions.
Participated by all, all leaders, therefore? Ever heard of such falsity before!

Seething rage of millions like a mighty tidal bore
Quake or cyclone can wreak havoc, unleashed unguided.
Only a guide sagacious supreme can rein in such volcanic vigour
Charting a new course using the devastating force, absolutely sure.
Only a leader astute extremely can control the mighty energy
Guide the tremendous force towards the desired goal, surely.


(IV) Importance of Leaders

Prime is, therefore, the importance of a leader.
Unguided or in hands lesser, a revolution is destined to fail.

Blessed we are that our war was in the hands of a worthy leader.
Who then create confusion to dethrone, Father, the Liberator?
Beware hence you play in the hands of Satan.
To burn in Hell forever, beware, beware, O believer!

(V) Conjured Confusion

Abraham occupies the mightiest place, Father of all Muslims:
Aryans, Dravidians, Caucasians, Negroid, Mongoloids or Semites,
Father also of the Jewish and the Christians of all races,
God crowned him with a sacred exalted position.
Fatherhood, relatively trivial, is insulting the exalted man.
Only to dethrone, the father of a nation-state, belittling a prophet!

Drag beneath a person so exalted and hallowed to depose a lesser man?

All sanctity profaned blasphemy, shameful sacrilege, brazen, profane!
Shame, shame, humanity defiled, O, the faithful be mortified.


Conclusion

Our leader to save us from the injustices chosen.
Beware do not create confusion driven only by myopic illusion.
Those that create confusion and chaos on earth

Satan’s consorts are all, condemned to Hell perpetual.

O believers, remember, do not create chaos on earth!’
Raging vengeance makes you forget who you are.
Senses blurred with rage insatiable, injunctions, you do not care anymore.
Writhing, swirling vengeance slowly but surely eating away your soul.
O believers, inert, unconscious, look about you, rise from stupor!

O the children of Abraham, in what a hellish abyss you are!
Stirring ‘tempest in a teacup’ endlessly creating confusion
The attribute of abysmal Satan, he excels in the art.

Enjoys his skills, bending, twisting at his sweet will,

The devil plays with the human mind with perfection.
Give in to temptations for glory and passion,

Irrevocably in the grip of his hand, you fall
Devil’s consort forever condemned to Hell.

*All were pardoned under the amnesty except those against whom specific charges of rape, murder etc. were there.