বাংলা 
English 
Sunday, 18 Paush, 1377, Daily Ittefaq, Dhaka.
Look out — there,
gaze all around you:
someone is writing a new address
upon the walls.
The dark night is over,
no trace of gloom remains
in the dawning glow of morning-
the sky has turned pale !
A new sun-script
arrives in a new envelope;
the new day — there —
is called by a new name.
Unstained to the horizon
the new day is coming;
come in the new morning
and recognise the path.
Everywhere storms of
awakening rise untamed;
of the swelling flood
waves come without pause.
With irresistible surge of life
the people have risen awake;
they demand their rights-
a struggle for their own claim.
The night's dreamlike
hypnotic trance is erased;
in every humble heart wakes
the day's eagerness
after the old page
it has been written anew.
It may be noted that he wrote this poem on the occasion of the Awami League's historic victory in 1970. After Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan came to power. As soon as he arrived he announced general elections for December.
In this election held in December 1970 the Awami League won by a huge margin. The Awami League won 160 of the 162 seats. In the provincial assembly election too the Awami League won 288 of the 300 seats. The Awami League also won 7 women's seats in the provincial assembly and 10 in the national assembly. By winning 167 of the total 313 seats the Awami League achieved an absolute majority. On the other hand, Zulfikar Ali's Pakistan People's Party won 88 seats from West Pakistan.
