Harsh Reality

Apney sard kamrey mein
mein udaas bethi hun                    
neem wa dareechon se
num hawaein aati hein
merey jism ko choo kar
Aag si lagati hein
tera naam ley ley kar
mujhko gudgudaati hein

Kaash merey par hotey
terey paas urr aati
kaash mein hawa hoti
tujh ko choo ke laut aati
mein nahi magar kuch bhi
sang-dil rawaajon ke
Aahney hissaaron mein
umar qaid ki mulzim
Sirf EIk Ladki Hun .....!!
 
 Parveen Shakir

After reading this sad and bitter yet also amazingly beautiful poem, I could not control it really; tears fell from my eyes, hot boiling tears, which often fall from a poet’s eyes.

This poem is, of course a true picture of the customs of this hard-hearted society and especially how this affects a girl’s life.

This shows how it makes a girl’s life so full of distress and longing, longing to escape from the chains of custom. The poem is full of her desires, those desires that remain unfulfilled all her life.

The poem is extremely emotional and anyone with a feeling heart is easily touched by it.

The poem depicts that in this male dominated society of ours, a girl also has a heart just as a boy has, a girl also has the same feelings, the same desires as every boy has-to gather the happiness of love, to become united with the beloved, but……………………………but her desires, her feelings and emotions have no value at all.

And she is only left with nothing except to say that”

I’m just a girl…………”

I’m nothing at all,
Encircled in iron chains,
Of hard-hearted custom,
A prisoner serving a life
Sentence,
I am just a girl………!