OATH

     Md.Abdul Mannnan Yaqubi
                        .........
Misjudging Bengali,  you often speak
         English, though imperfectly, 
And every year hold the Twenty First
         February very sincerely.

It is you who always favour the Hindi
         And English songs most,
And thinking it as a fashion, you take
         A pride in it no doubt.

You inserted some English and Latin
        Words in Bengali sentence,
And thus, Bengali becomes empty
        Rhetoric by your prudence.

As a language, our Bengali is,
      Of course, ever glorious,
And never we need to borrow
       Any other foreign words.

Being a Bengali, speaking foreign
      Language by you is, as though,
The crow tries to change its harsh
      Voice into the tune of the cuckoo.

Live peacefully and happily with
     Good taste in Bengal always,
And speak Bengali language.
       Spontaneously with rejoice.

As a language, Bengali in the world
        Is no less favourite,
Yet, are you ashamed of speaking
         Such a rich language as it?

Uphold the honour of Bengali and
        Love it after your heart,
  And it should be your oath today,
      The February twenty first.