40 years we have been silent
while you laughed at the memories
of our raped mothers and sisters

9 months of 1971
with your search lights
with your mad militias


with your collaborators
you lined up our teachers

shot them dead

you smiled at the dead bodies

kicked the lifeless students
shot them again
you thought you had god by your side

the sword as your might against freedom

It's been 40 long years

Assasinations, midnight knocks,
you stopped our earned freedom
erased our blackboards

silence our debate..
Stopped the clocks
then you built your empire..

televised your thoughts
in the name of god
you stopped the clocked

pushed back our freedom

Those who killed became kings

in the empire of collaborator
hey 'Butcher of Mirpur'
It's been 40 long years

Now the cycle of time has turned
now the young ones have learnt
Shahbag is the promise

from us to you
to end you fundamentalism


you smiled at the dead bodies
kicked the lifeless students
shot them again

you thought you had god by your side
the sword as your might against freedom


It's been 40 long years
Assasinations, midnight knocks,
you stopped our earned freedom

erased our black board
silence our debate..
Stopped the clocks

then you built your empire..
televised your thoughts
in the name of god

you stopped the clocked
pushed back our freedom


This is a song for you Bangladesh
This is a song for you Bangladesh
This is a song for you Shahbag

This is a song for you Shahbag