Uttam Chitrakar

Āmarā mānaba jāti ēka māẏēra santāna

ō ābāra kē'u bā ābāra hindu halāma,

kē'u bā ābāra musalamāna

ēka māẏēra santāna.

We, men, are children of the same mother

Some become Hindus

Some Muslims

Children of One Mother.

(Excerpts from a local Patua folk song)