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HALI: "JUSTICE FOR THE SILENT" (1905)

STANZA THREE meter: = = - = / = = - = / = = - = / = = - =	tiisraa band
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1a) after marriage, every single one longed for children 1b) when the Creator gave children, you were trapped in the net	shaadii ke ba((d ek ek ko thii aarzuu aulaad kii tum pha;Ns ga))ii;N janjaal me;N ;xaaliq ne jab aulaad dii

2a) you endured the suffering of pain-exclamations [dardaa], you suffered the harshnesses of childbirth 2b) when you tasted the relish of death, then you acquired this wealth	dardo;N ke dukh tum ne sahe jaape kii jhelii;N sa;xtiyaa;N jab maut kaa chakkhaa mazaa tab tum ko yih daulat milii

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 me;N aur susraal me;N sab ke hu))e dil baa;G baa;G ghar me;N ujaalaa to hu))aa par tum pah biptaa pa;R ga))ii

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	khaanaa pahannaa o;Rhnaa apnaa ga))ii;N sab bhuul tum bachcho;N ke dhande me;N tumhe;N apnii nah kuchh sudh budh rahii

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 bhii samjho ;xair thii jab tak bhale chunge the sab par saamnaa aafat kaa thaa gar ho gayaa maa;Ndaa ko))ii

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]	suulii pah din ka;Tne lage raato;N kii nii;Nde;N u;R ga))ii;N ek ik baras kii ho ga))ii ek ek pal ek ik gha;Rii

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	bachcho;N kii sevaa me;N tumhe;N guzre hai;N jaise das baras qadr us kii jaanegaa vuhii dam par ho yuu;N jiske banii

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	kii hai muhim jo tum ne sar mardo;N ko kyaa us kii ;xabar jaane paraa))ii pe;R vuh jis kii bivaa))ii ho pha;Tii

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	thaa paalnaa aulaad kaa mardo;N ke bote se sivaa aa;xir yih ai dukhyaariyo ! ;xidmat tumhaare sar pa;Rii


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	paidaa agar hotii;N nah tum be;Raa nah hotaa paar yih chii;x u;Thte do din me;N agar mardo;N pah pa;Rtaa baar yih

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