Why do we need Dayamani Barla..?

It is a grave danger now to be Dayamani Barla
It is a danger to be an adivasi
It is a danger now to reside in the village

There is land in the village
There are trees in the village
There are rivers in the village
There are minerals in the village
There are people in the village
There is also Dayamani Barla in the village

The company is eying the land of the village
The company is eying the rivers of the village
The company is eying the trees of the village
The company is eying the minerals of the village
But Dayamani Barla resides in the village

The government fears the company
The police fears the company
The newspaper fears the company
Dayamani Barla does not fear the company

It is the rule of the company
So the company is angry
That's how with the order of the company chief
The police chief put Dayamani Barla
Behind the bars of prison

Come, let's celebrate
Dayamani Barla is now in jail
Now Dayamani Barla won't be able to stop the company chief
Now the company chief will snatch the river of her village
Now the company chief will snatch the land of her village
Now the company chief will snatch the minerals of her village
Now the company chief will develop the country
Now the company chef will make everything alright

When will be relieved of all the Dayamani Barlas of this country?
When will all our rivers
All our trees
All the land
And all the forests
Be taken over by the company

Company's factories
Company's jobs
Company's cars
Company's shopping malls
Company roads
Company's toll booths
Company's college
Company's premium technology institutes
Company's premium management institutes
Company's university
In which those who study will become
Slaves of the company

Education as needed by the company
Knowledge as needed by the company
Knowledge to profit the company
Government to suit the will of the company
Cops to shout "Sir yes sir" to the company

So now, you tell me
Why do we need Dayamani Barla..?

Translation -Priyanka Borpujari ( Cambridge USA)