Bhupen Hazarika

Bhupen Hazarika

His famous song

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On 5th November , which is the date on which Shri Bhupen

Hazarika left this world in year 2011, I was listening to FM in
Gujarat.
A wonderful event came to my knowledge about the song
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In New York Bhupen Hazarika befriended Paul

Robeson, a prominent civil rights activist, who influenced him
in[7] his song Bistirno parore which is based on the imagery and
theme of Robeson's Ol' Man River. This song is translated in
various Indian languages, including Bengali and Hindi

The song was picturized in Hindi Movie Gangajal in year 2003

This song has beautiful lyrics
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Translation of song in English downloaded through web.

[Opening line] The people who live in the vast stretches on your
both side are screaming in grief, yet meekly, as always, O Ganga,
you! O Ganga, why do you flow [without a protest]?

[1] Morality is destroyed and humanity is corrupted, yet

shamelessly why do you flow [without a protest]? With a loud
voice of anger, the history beacons, O stream of Ganga, yet
why do you not turn weak into strong warriors and complete
doers?

[2] There are uncountable numbers of uneducated, illiterate, and

unfed people, yet like a blind that cannot see, O Ganga, why do
you keep silent ? With a loud voice of anger, the history is
beaconing, O stream of Ganga, yet why do you not turn weak
into strong warriors and complete doers?

The people who live in the vast stretches on your both side are
screaming in grief, yet meekly, as always, O Ganga, you!
O Ganga, why do you flow [without a protest]?

[3] People are self-centered and society is bereft of a character.

O Ganga, why do you not dissolve the lifeless society? With a loud
voice of anger, the history beacons, O stream of Ganga, yet
why do you not turn weak into strong warriors and complete
doers?
The people who live in the vast stretches on your both side are
screaming in grief, yet meekly, as always, O Ganga, you!
O Ganga, why do you flow [without a protest]?

[4] Why did you stop being a source of action and energy? Why
did you become inanimate? Why you stopped giving inspirations
to lives. Where are the battle cries of Avani or Kuruskshetra ? O
mother Ganga, in the new India, why do you not beget a
victorious son like Bhishma, the great warrior?
The people who live in the vast stretches on your both side are
screaming in grief, yet meekly, as always, O Ganga, you!
O Ganga, why do you flow [without a protest]?