ಮತ್ತೆ ಸೂರ್ಯ ಬರುತ್ತಾನೆ (Matte Surya Baruttane)
by ಲೋಕೇಶ ಅಗಸನಕಟ್ಟೆ (Lokesha Agasanakatte)
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This optimistic, revolutionary poem from the Bandaya (protest) movement, 'The Sun Will Rise Again', instils courage and hope in the oppressed. Acknowledging the suffering of society (burnt forests, polluted rivers, the yoke of poverty and injustice), the poet repeats the reassuring refrain 'Matte Surya Baruttane', the sun will rise again. Drawing on nature's cycle (winter yielding to spring, night to dawn), he presents the 'Sun' as a multi-layered symbol of truth, justice and social revolution that will inevitably dispel the darkness of tyranny.
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Lokesha Agasanakatte's Matte Surya Baruttane is a hopeful, revolutionary poem that seeks to instil courage and resilience in the oppressed and downtrodden. The poet acknowledges society's suffering with desolate imagery: lush forests burnt to soot, life-giving rivers and oceans polluted, and common people suffering under the yoke of poverty, exploitation and injustice.
Nature's lesson of resilience
The poet refuses despair. After each dark reality he repeats the reassuring refrain, 'Matte Surya Baruttane', the sun will rise again. Nature itself teaches resilience: winter strips the trees, but spring clothes them anew; the long, black night must yield to the golden dawn; new grass sprouts through the ash of a burnt forest, and silent birds sing again.
The Sun as a symbol
The 'Sun' is a multi-layered symbol: of Truth that cannot be suppressed forever, of Justice that will dismantle caste and class inequality, and of Social Revolution, the collective awakening of the masses. The poet warns the tyrants that their dominance is temporary; the collective power of the working class and marginalised will rise like a roaring sun, burning oppression and bathing the world in the light of freedom.