Manipuri to English:
ꯋꯤꯂꯦꯝ ꯕꯥꯟ ꯁꯦꯟꯗꯦꯜ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯍꯦꯡꯀ ꯁꯨꯜꯇꯦ ꯅꯣꯔꯗꯍꯣꯜꯠꯀꯤ ꯃꯇꯨꯡ ꯏꯟꯅ, ꯀꯨꯝꯍꯩ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯕꯥꯡꯒꯂꯥꯗꯦꯁꯤꯁꯤꯡꯅ ꯏꯪ ꯱꯹꯵꯰ꯒꯤ ꯆꯍꯤ ꯇꯔꯥꯒꯤ ꯈꯨꯖꯤꯡ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯱꯹꯶꯰ꯒꯤ ꯆꯍꯤ ꯇꯔꯥꯒꯤ ꯈꯨꯖꯤꯡꯗ ꯄꯥꯀꯤꯁꯇꯥꯟꯒꯤ ꯂꯩꯉꯥꯛ ꯃꯨꯛꯅꯈꯤꯕ ꯑꯗꯨꯅ ꯃꯔꯝ ꯑꯣꯏꯗꯨꯅ ꯃꯈꯣꯏꯒꯤ ꯅꯥꯠꯀꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯆꯥꯎꯊꯣꯛꯆꯕ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯊꯥꯏꯅꯉꯥꯏꯗꯒꯤ ꯂꯩꯔꯛꯄ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯎꯠꯊꯣꯛꯄꯒꯤ ꯌꯥꯝꯅ ꯃꯃꯤꯡ ꯆꯠꯄ ꯃꯥꯑꯣꯡ ꯑꯃ ꯑꯣꯏꯈꯤ꯫
According to Willem van Schendel and Henk Schulte Nordholt, the festival became a popular means of expressing cultural pride and heritage among the Bangladeshi as they resisted Pakistani rule in the 1950s and 1960s.