CHAINS : A RAJASTHANI POEM BY BHARTI PUROHIT: ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY RAJNI CHHABRA
CHAINS
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Breaking cage
I might fly high
Any moment
You might impose
Lacs of restrictions on me
In spite of it
I will create space for myself
In wide sky
Yeah, due to my birth as female
I have to peep a lot within me
Indulge in self-introspection
This world might
Chain my feet
With shackles of
Obsolete traditions
I will break these chains
Turn pages of history
Neither I was defeated in past
Nor will be defeated in future
All the liabilities of this life
Are acceptable to me
I will abide by customs
I am female
And I insist that
You, too, know
This life is not as easy going
As you deem it to be.
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