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Ashwin comes every year

Qumrul Islam Khan

On 28th day of Bengali month

Ashwin, 1392 (15.10.1985) a fatal and

excruciating accident was happened at

Jagannath Hall. As many as 39

innocent students died on the spot

when the old roof of the hall collapsed

down. In remembrance of those

unfortunate and innocent students.

The lamented and bright Ashwin comes every year

Deep afflicted tune rings in the sky at night

Songs of elegy ring out in rose, red bud and trees

Planet to planets and in the deep of consciousness.

Mothers do not weep, sisters do not weep

Look, the entire nation is weeping with severe grief.

They are: not dead, they are still alive

They are: living with our pleasure and sorrow

They are: alive with whiteness of frost and dews

They are: taking part in procession of afflicted mass

They are: living with our warm sign of deep chest.

Death has no colour, no tint and no nation

We are all sailors in the blue port of death

Listen they will come in every festival

They will come in every colored Ashwin.