Still, We Rejoice

I see the glistening water, I see the glittering stars... The darkest night of the decade, We've not yet gone through the slaughter... I want to sleep, but can't let go The beautiful sight, when the ship row... Though we've worked all day and dusk, We have the night for us to bow... Our lives are glooming through all day, And then comes the delicious ways, Of making simple soup and bread, Still we rejoice, and still, we pray… We hear the screaming slaves all day, And when the sombre night comes through We let the rotten smell away, Of bodies clinging on our way Still, we rejoice, we think it hard, We never let ourselves apart, Because we know, some day, light will come, And take all the sadness in a cart... - Adhyatmika Tripathi