Voice 1 (Subu / Lead)
Voice 2 (Echo / Chorus – “O Parrot!” refrain)
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[Verse 1]
Without strength in their hearts, without honesty or skill,
They speak only deceit — O Parrot!
They are heroes merely in words — O Parrot!
[Verse 2]
Gathering in crowds, shouting and babbling,
They contribute nothing to the nation — O Parrot!
They forget their promises by the next day — O Parrot!
[Verse 3]
Can self-rule, prosperity, and honor
Ever be attained by such blind fools — O Parrot?
Can the lazy ever find joy — O Parrot?
[Verse 4]
Though they have eyes, they lack vision,
A group of women with no sense of purpose — O Parrot!
What use is their chatter — O Parrot?
[Verse 5]
They speak of factories and textiles,
Claiming with spells they can make
Mangoes fall from the trees — O Parrot!
[Chorus 1]
They roam saying “Salt! Sugar! Local cloth!”
But they do not know how to act — O Parrot!
What do they even accomplish — O Parrot!
[Verse 6]
They speak of women’s honor and devotion to God,
But their words inspire no faith — O Parrot!
They cannot be trusted — O Parrot!
[Verse 7]
They violate women’s dignity,
Live like brutes — yet protect their lives
Like cowards — O Parrot!
[Verse 8]
They enter temples and commit sins,
Calling their fears “devotion,”
And cower in terror — O Parrot!
[Bridge]
Fear, cowardice, and servility,
These they wear like crowns — O Parrot!
A silent mass, soulless and weak — O Parrot!
[Verse 9]
Without enthusiasm, inner strength, or truth,
How can such people live — O Parrot?
Are they even worthy of life — O Parrot?
[Verse 10]
Thinking little of honor,
And valuing life above all,
Such base beings — O Parrot!
Do they deserve a place in the world?
[Chorus 2]
They secretly admire thieves,
While chanting “Shiva, Shiva!” — O Parrot!
They speak of virtue, yet never live it — O Parrot!
[Verse 11]
They cry “Tradition! Tradition!”
Without knowing its essence — O Parrot!
What can the ignorant comprehend — O Parrot?
[Verse 12]
In the land, they bear humiliation,
Chasing cheap wealth shamelessly — O Parrot!
And sink deeper in misery — O Parrot!
[Verse 13]
Seeing their kin in sorrow and death,
They feel no compassion — O Parrot!
They’ve forgotten righteousness — O Parrot!
[Verse 14]
Amid famine and disease,
They live like worms — O Parrot!
Sleeping, though their eyes are open — O Parrot!
[Final Verse]
They do not fight the famine
That kills their own mothers,
Yet they shout “Vande Mataram!” — O Parrot!
O weak-minded! O pretentious patriots!
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(Soft fade-out chorus)
O Parrot… O Parrot…
Wake up… before the nation withers away…
SubuAsksubu
