O! SPINNING -WHEEL: A RAJASTHANI POEM BY MANISHA ARYA SONI: ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY RAJNI CHHABRA
O! SPINNING-WHEEL
Is this spinning wheel
Or chum of half the population of this earth
Wheel
Daily moving
In diverse manners
With diverse techniques
Holding handle of sewing-machine
At times steering of car
At times, in early morning hours
Managing speed of wheel of bus
Women daily doing up-down
Labourer of Narega
Or maid working unendingly in different houses
Woman spins thread of her breaths
Continually like this spinning wheel
Coarse-coarse.
To provide smooth- running existence
To her family
O! Spinning wheel
Keep on revolving.
Beautiful poem treating life flow and growth like movement of a spinning wheel, in living style of every human ,be it working maid, housewife auto driver, factory worker office employee etc.in daily life routines. Admire the logical expressions in lyrics to move rhythmically alike a spinning wheel of thread weaving hand charkha.
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