EKLA CHALO RE
My translation of a song by Rabindranath Tagore

If no one heeds your call to action
Well then, make your own way
Walk on alone
Walk on your own
Walk on solo
Make your own way

And if no one dares to speak
(Oh you whose future is not written)
No one dares to speak
People look the other way, for fear has made them weak
Stand up erect and speak
Lay bare your soul and speak your mind, say
What you have to say

And if everyone retreats
(Oh you whose future is not written)
Everyone retreats
Because the path’s too hard for them to follow where you lead
Keep on, on bleeding feet
Though the path be thorny, you
Create your own way

­­And if no one shines a light
On you whose fate is uncertain: you’re
Caught out in the night
And as the storm beats down on you, the doors are all shut tight
Let lightning bolts
Burst from your heart as you
Blaze your own trail