WHAT TO SCRIBBLE? RAJASTHANI POEM BY ILA PAREEK; ENGLISH TRANSVERSION BY RAJNI CHHABRA
WHAT TO SCRIBBLE? RAJASTHANI POEM BY ILA PAREEK WHAT TO SCRIBBLE? A child will take birth soon Thinking so, the whole family rejoices But after knowing about daughter in the womb An atmosphere of death dominates the scene " Get it aborted." Mother -in- law instructs her so Baby girl in womb On hearing this , wriggles Feeling hurt badly like The innocent crane Attacked by arrows of Lord Ram My heart instructed me at once To scribble about Pathos of this unborn daughter This girl Lachami has Attained age of five years All rejoice together In courtyard echoes Sound of her anklets She smiles merrily When tempted by neighbourer To give her candies Saviour turning into killer Brings shame to humanity My heart instructed me... Scribble cries of this girl When lass attains Age of sixteen years Smiles beholding herself In mirror Fancying about Forthcoming days Becomes happy In her dreams But, O! God This cruel person Burns her with acid Beholding her old pics...

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