Dark and fearful by Bandi
Dark and fearful, the night was long,
But the new day has come, this bright new world,
The bells of freedom, clamorous, ringing,
The birds in the sky do their fluttering dance.
Mansae, mansae, manmansae! Hail freedom!
The sound of chains and whips, those chilling sounds
Gone — and the barred windows thrown open, wide open.
Kick away your seats and arise, my friends.
Do you not hear the sound of freedom’s bells?
Mansae, mansae, manmansae! Hail freedom!
Our mouths, once packed with gravel, are open again.
Let’s sing the songs we love — to our heart’s content.
They took away our ears, but now they’re open, wide.
Let us fill ourselves with joy, this taste, this world, so vast.
Mansae, mansae, manmansae! Hail freedom!
