WITH SUNRISE; RAJASTHANI POEM BY KRISHNA KUMARI: ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY RAJNI CHHABRA
WITH SUNRISE
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Accomplishing
All the domestic chores
After Sunrise
She moves towards
Her fields
Holding bundle of roti
On her head
And flanking infant
Reaches her husband
Handing over food to him
Starts feeding her infant.
After completing
All these basic work
She starts working in field
Grudging and plucking weeds
Creating boundaries
For holding water
Performing all these chores
When, day reaches its peak
Starts cutting *siyaag hurriedly
Plucking fodder hastily
And makes a heavy bundle
Holding it on head
Her neck bends
But, she does not have any option
Simply moves back to home
Managing somehow to reach home
She gets occupied with
Cooking evening meals
How much exhausted she is
At the end of day
Only she knows or her God
Such diligent are
Women of our village
Such is our village.
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