Translation:
Main hoon Bharat ki naari.
I am the woman of India.
Roop mein, gun mein, gyaan mein, shayad har bhartiya purush par bhaari.
In looks, in qualities, in knowledge, I am better than every Indian man...
Par, bali chadhti aayi hoon main.
Still I have been sacrificed since ages...
Kabhi seeta ban ke, mujhe apni pavitrata ke dene pade the saboot...
Sometimes, I have been made to give proofs of my chaste character as Seeta...
To kabhi Jodha ban ke chadhi hoon sultanato ke liye bali...
Sometimes, I have been made a pawn in the chess of politics...
Kabhi ahilya ban kar banna pada barso mujhe patthar...
Sometimes, I have been made to stone to atone my sins as Ahilya
To kabhi gandhari ban karni padi aankhein apni band...
And, sometimes I have been made to shut my eyes, as Gandhari...
Kabhi mandodari ban rehna pada mujhe maun...
Sometimes, I have been asked to be a silent spectator like, Mandodari
To kabhi drauapadi ban sehna pada dushasan ka apmaan...
And, sometimes, I have been made to endure insults from men like Dushasan as Draupadi...
Kabhi Nirbhaya ban ke looti jaati hai meri izzat din dahade...
And, sometimes, I have been raped as Nirbhaya... in broad day light!
Puji jaati hoon yahan Durga roop mein, Phir bhi
I am worshipped as Durga in this country and yet...
Hazaaron saalo pehle bhi main naari nahi vastu thi...
Thousands of years ago, also, I was a thing, not a woman...
Aaj bhi, main aurat nahi cheez hoon...
Today as well I am a thing, not a woman...
Tab bhi dharamadhikari Yudhisthir ne lagadiya tha mujhe daav par...
Then too, a certain Yudhishthar had lost me in a game of chausar...
Aur aaj bhi Asad ne apne Bhai ko de diya hain mujhe tohfe mein...
And, today too an Asad has gifted me to his brother!
Main padh likh gai hoon, chaand chho chuki hoon, pehrave mein bhi farak aagaya hai...
I have studied, scaled the moon, and have changed the clothes I wear...
Fir bhi afsos hai ki Hazaaron saalo pehle bhi main naari nahi vastu thi...
But sigh, thousand years ago I was a thing, not a woman..
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Aaj bhi, main aurat nahi cheez hoon...
And today too, I am a think, not a woman...
Edited by monaco - 11 years ago
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