03stanza

HALI: "JUSTICE FOR THE SILENT" (1905)

STANZA THREE meter: = = - = / = = - = / = = - = / = = - =	tīsrā band
back to Stanza 2

1a) after marriage, every single one longed for children 1b) when the Creator gave children, you were trapped in the net	shādī ke baʿd ek ek ko thī ārzū aulād kī tum phañs gaʾīñ janjāl meñ ḳhāliq ne jab aulād dī

2a) you endured the suffering of pain-exclamations [dardā], you suffered the harshnesses of childbirth 2b) when you tasted the relish of death, then you acquired this wealth	dardoñ ke dukh tum ne sahe jāpe kī jhelīñ saḳhtiyāñ jab maut kā chakkhā mazā tab tum ko yih daulat milī

3a) in the parental home and the in-laws' home, all their hearts were blooming like gardens 3b) radiance came into the house, but trouble fell on you	maike meñ aur susrāl meñ sab ke huʾe dil bāġh bāġh ghar meñ ujālā to huʾā par tum pah biptā paṛ gaʾī

4a) food, clothing, veiling-- you forgot everything of your own 4b) [urdu 4] in your occupation with the children, you no longer had any care for yourself	khānā pahannā oṛhnā apnā gaʾīñ sab bhūl tum bachchoñ ke dhande meñ tumheñ apnī nah kuchh sudh budh rahī

5a) even so, consider that everything was fine, as long as all were hale and hearty 5b) but a disaster confronted you, if anybody became unwell	tab tak bhī samjho ḳhair thī jab tak bhale chunge the sab par sāmnā āfat kā thā gar ho gayā māñdā koʾī

6a) days began to pass on the scaffold, in the nights sleep fled away 6b) every single moment, every single hour, became a year long [the variations of ek and ik are for the meter]	sūlī pah din kaṭne lage rātoñ kī nīñdeñ uṛ gaʾīñ ek ik baras kī ho gaʾī ek ek pal ek ik ghaṛī

7a) in the service of children, it's as ten years have passed for you 7b) he alone will know the worth of this, who has lived through the same thing	bachchoñ kī sevā meñ tumheñ guzre haiñ jaise das baras qadr us kī jānegā vuhī dam par ho yūñ jiske banī

8a) the great thing you have taken on your shoulders-- what do men know about it? 8b) they considered that it was a strange lump, of which the blister burst	kī hai muhim jo tum ne sar mardoñ ko kyā us kī ḳhabar jāne parāʾī peṛ vuh jis kī bivāʾī ho phaṭī

9a) apart from men's sowing the seed, care for the offspring-- 9b) after all, oh suffering ones, [to perform] this service fell on your head	thā pālnā aulād kā mardoñ ke bote se sivā āḳhir yih ai dukhyāriyo ! ḳhidmat tumhāre sar paṛī


10a) if you had not been born, this boat would not have made the crossing 10b) if this burden fell on men, in two days they'd be screaming	paidā agar hotīñ nah tum beṛā nah hotā pār yih chīḳh uṭhte do din meñ agar mardoñ pah paṛtā bār yih

on to Stanza 4

~~ Hali index page ~~ Platts Dictionary ~~ FWP's main page ~~

-- urdu script -- devanagari -- diacritics -- plain roman -- more information --