Rise up Women, rise up like the flaming fire! br Rise up, O wife of the Sun-god, br with the mark of blood on your forehead! ! ! br Dangling your tongues all around br dance on, you mad, naked women! br Rise up, you wretched, raped serpents, br awaken your power to burn the world! ! ! br Like the fire blazing out of a smoke heap, br rise up all you mothers, daughters, wives, sisters! br Redeemers of the sinners, the fallen br like the flowing Ganges rise up, br all you downtrodden; br fill the clouds with blazing thunder, br O Women the ever-victorious br awaken in you the goddess Durga! br br [Translation: Sajed Kamal]br br Kazi Nazrul Islambr br