‘Brothers, your cries…’
Brothers, your cries
are ours too.
Together we taste sadness.
We know,
you are steel-strong nation
not a flower-nation that easily droops.
Even in sorrow,
you never surrender.
About this poem
This poem, representing Brunei Darussalam, is part of The Written World – our collaboration with BBC radio to broadcast a poem from every single nation competing in London 2012.