Sentinels Of Saragarhi

Unfazed!

Unruffled!

They stand guard

Rock solid, impregnable

At Saragarhi Fort

The 21 'Lions'

In face of sure death

Unwavering

The Bravehearts watch

Twenty thousand feet

Raising clouds of dirt

Advancing menacingly

Assuredly

To vanquish a mere 21

Oh!!

The ten thousand 'jackals'

Had failed to fathom

The grit and guts

The towering will

The moral

Of 36 Sikh Regiment

Astounding gallantry

In the line of fire

Bullet-ridden

Daredevils battle on

Till Saragarhi erupts

Into final blaze of glory

Till they stall advancing feet

And turn a presumed cake walk

Into unprecedented epic feat

By sundown

The 21 are gone

Down under dirt

Six feet deep

Forever??

Nay!!

They rise like Phoenix

Throbbing and kicking

Their heartbeats

Infinitely ticking

Ticking

In every Sikh shrine

Feeding tens of thousands

Sans discrimination

Of caste or creed

Of race or breed

Ticking 

In Khalsa Aid

Healing the wounded

Shielding the vulnerable

Embracing the abandoned

Beyond Boundaries

Ticking

In every mortal

Infused with compassion

Ever ready

Ever willing

To stand up to oppression

Yes!

They are six feet under

The exceptional 21

But their heartbeats

Will throb on

For ages to come