A poem entered in the Mini-Poetry 2022 Competition for World Environment Day
Sagat Raings poem
The land is unique
Build your house, build your town, build your city
Came fall the woodlands to a great city
The wind swept the leaves making them speak
The wind swept the grasses making them sing
The land is unique
Praise to be the great god.
Build your house, build your town, build your city
Came are the roaring sound of motor
The fish danced to the sounds of the waves
The waves greet the sand and shout for joy
The land is unique
Praise to be the great god.
Build your house, build your boundaries, build your evergreen
The bell-birds has welcomed the dawn
The insects cry for glory
The dolphins jumped for joy
The land is unique
Praise to be the great god.
Build your house, build your boundaries, build your evergreen
Came fall the woodlands build are the cities
Grown are the evergreen the power and the sweetness of the future
The land is unique
Praise to be the great god.
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