Your ‘Bravity-Your Curse

Hari Bahadur Shrestha
‘Oh, Gurkha brothers
Exported to the foreign battalions
I say-your ‘bravity’ has turned to your curse-
As the beauty and prettiness of daughters
turned to the cause of disgust and pain.
That’s why
Oh, Gurkha brothers serving the foreign battalions
onwards don’t be cowards
like mice for imperialists
Don’t be sincere serving the salt,
Be renegades and betrayers
then only you’ll be brave and sincere
to all oppressed and suppressed people
from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
You will be patriot and true son of motherland.
My dear Gurkha brothers
on flattering and appreciation of the word ‘brave’
Don’t be the prey for foreign cannons
Don’t be ‘brave’ for Imperialists.
August 1975
Translation:Suman