OUR ABODE:RAJASTHANI POEM BY KRISHNA KUMARI: ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY RAJNI CHHABRA

 OUR ABODE

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Let us move

Far away to

Distant lands

On mountains

Where nobody dwells

In deserted forest

Let us build

Our abode over there

Where only both of us live

Aloof, all alone

Between us, does nor persist

Curtain of wind

Where pigeon of our love is

Not in awe of hawk of evil-eyes

Where wind of

Pretentious customs

And traditions does not blow

Where people don't hate love

Where people are not stone-hearted

Where restrictions are not imposed on love

Where stones are not thrown on *Laila

Where *Anarkali is not wall-pinned

Lat us move there only

And build our abode.

*Laila: heroine of love saga Laila-Majnu

*Anarkali : heroine of love saga Anarkali-Salim