Yes. We can

Sponsored terror hit us every now and then

We suffered silently

Hoping reason will prevail some day

Hopes belied

Terror continued to manifest in several forms

With increasing periodicity and intensity

People got killed

Every now and then

And then the moment of reckoning came

All around streets and homes

One voice rose- not again

A wounded nation hit back

Bruising those Terror camps

While as a nation we do not fear to negotiate

We will never negotiate with a sense of fear

Today we redeem a solemn oath

The forces those who laid their lives

For the nation’s integrity and sovereignty

Will not go in vain

Will not go in vain.