By Saji Samuel

You stand there as a citadel

Guarding, as an alert sentinel

My harbour entrance,

You stand up to face

The rough seas of the monsoon

And the wrath of the cyclone

And say, as always,

With your chivalrous flair

Me first – then Port Blair!

I salute you O Ross!

When the Tsunami came roaring

And the waves came swirling

With destruction in the air,

You stood up

And said, as always,

Me first – then Port Blair!

I salute you O Ross!

I remember your glorious best

As Paris of the East

The memories of those years

Are still the very best ...

But you gave it up

Your glory and your fame!

To silently see me prosper

In glory and in name!

As you now say

In your generous flair

Me next- first Port Blair!!

I salute you O Ross!

I salute you O Ross!!