Sin (Poem By Kazi Nazrul Islam)

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