Pg. 447 (Sahir Ludhianvi
translated from the Hindi-Urdu by Alverston & Associates)
“Plight of an Oppressed Woman”
Men consider Woman solely a body
Do not acknowledge therein resides a soul too!
Men do not care what soul subsists, adjudicating encumbrance
They just fulfill their physical needs!
However, every time Her essence is infringed,
Her body may as well be a walking corpse!
Men do not hunger consciousness of Truth:
For centuries this prevalent custom of Barbarity preponderates
It still exists! It still exists? It still exists? It still
exists!
For many centuries this practice of sins will persist
Every scream of a Woman perceived as song!
Same was the custom in tribal times as it is now in city
customs!
For Her to propagate with an oppressor, bodies joined in
tyrannous manners,
Men separating themselves as Humanity, making sure they
stand
Alone and upright, although far more innocent birds have
greater sang-froid!
We who walk around in self-professed singularity from the
natural world entirely
The ferocious beast, unlike us, cannot bring itself to allege
similar virtues!
In a snuffed out soul,
skeletal, emaciated body, Womanhood endures
Just wondering where
to go to break this cycle of my fate!
I’m not alive, so how
can I find solace in death?
Not completely dead so
that I can slip away from grief!
Who will point out to
whom I can go to for inquiry about my chassis?
For how long will men
pour my life into the mold of fury?
Until the world
consciously and willingly opens its eyes,
And acknowledges this
custom of barbaric oppression,
For how long will male
bias dominate?
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