From out of our dreams
We will rise,
With the weight of the burdens
We will walk straight
From might of our reliance
We will be alive
With the spirit of ambition
We will march never wait.
Our blood streams free yet
We do not weaken
Our feet clothed in blisters yet
We feel no pain
For our lost valuable times
We will not bargain
Though our anger burns
Our calm will remain.
From beneath giant's feet
We will get us released
The hatred he had entrenched
We will unshackle with effort
The locust he had spread against our studies
We won't be distracted
We will kick him away
In divesting method.
With only a stance
We will fight our foe, the famine.
With only a look,
We will threaten that monster, the starvation
Our feet clothed in blisters yet
We feel no pain
Our blood streams free yet
We will not weaken.
N. Ajantha,
Grade 9,
J/Hindu Ladies College,
Auyiliyam House,
SOS Children's Village, Jaffna.