GIRL EDUCATION
SUNO SUNO SUNO SUNO SUNO
AAJ SUNAU EK KAHAANI
NA KOI RAJA NA KOI RANI
BAAT NHI HAI BAHUT PURANI
PAR DUNIYA ISSE ANJAANI
HARA BHARA EK GAON HAI CHOTA
JISME REHTI MEENA MERI POTI RAJU MERA POTA AUR SATH ME REHTI UNKI AMMA
JO BATON ME BADI SIYANI
MEENA GHAR KE KAAM NIPTA KAR
FIR BHARTI WELL SE PAANI
CLEANING THE YARD AND LIGHTING THE STOVE
PLUCKING THE MANGOES FROM THE GROVE
FEEDING THE CHICKENS CHANGING THE LINEN
EVERY WORK SHE DID WITH PERFECTION
PAR EK CHEEZ KI KAMI THI USME AUR WO THI EDUCATION
GOVERNMENT HAD MADE A RULE
THAT EVERY VILLAGE WILL HAVE A SCHOOL
SCHOOL KHULA THA GAON ME
PEEPAL KI CHAON ME
DAUR DAUR KAR BACCHE AATE
SEEKH NAYI NIT LEKE JAATE
PAR POOR MEENA AND MANY OTHER GIRLS OF THE VILLAGE
WERE NOT SENT TO SCHOOL AND DEPRIVED OF THE PREVILIDGE
THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TOLD THE GOLDEN RULE
BETA HO YA BETI SEND THEM TO SCHOOL
LADKI AUR SCHOOL
ARE THEY A FOOL
LADKI KARE AGAR PADAI
KAUN KREGA SAAF SAFAI
KHANA KAUN BANAEGA
BISTAR KAUN BICHAEGA
PADH LIKH KAR KYA KHAAKH KAREGI
KAAM SEEKHEGI RAAJ KAREGI
BAAT SAYAANI MAAN KAR
SAB MIL GHAR KA KAAM KAR
BHEJA MEENA KO BHI SCHOOL
AUR SUDHARI APNI BHOOL
MEENA WAS EXCITED
HAPPY AND DELITED
GO TO SCHOOL GO TO SCHOOL
GOD BLESS THE GOLDEN RULE
INTELLIGENT AND SMART
MEENA SOON WON EVERYONE’S HEART
AND CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD
WHAT WAS BAD AND WHAT WAS GOOD
SHIKSHA KI HO JAI JAI KAAR
GHAR GHAR USNE KIYA PRACHAR
KHARE KHOT KA FARAK BATAYA
SHIKSHA KA MATLAB SAMJHAYA
AUR TABHI EK DIN RAJU PADHA BEEMAR THA
KHOOB TEZ BUKHAAR THA
MAA AUR DAADI THI GHABRAYI
KAISI AAFAT THI YE AAYI
IDHAR UDHAR NAZREN DAURAYI
DIKHI UNHE FIR EK DAWAI
PAR YE KYA
MARZ EK THA BOTTLE CHAR
ANPAD MAA AB THI LAACHAR
SEEING THE LITTLE FELLOW
BUT SHE REMEMBERED THAT THE BOTTLE WAS YELLOW
BUT WHAT TO DO WHAT TO DO
YELLOW BOTTLES WERE ALSO TWO
THIS OR THAT THIS OR THAT
HELPLESNESS MADE MAA SAD
LIKHE THE UNPAR KUCH AKSHAR
PAR MAA AUR DAADI NIPADH NIRAKSHAR
MAA JI KYA AAPKO HAI PATA?
KAUNSI HAI YE DAWA?
NAA BABA NA
PADHI LIKHI MAIN KHA
AFTER A STRUGGLE
MA PICKED UP A BOTTLE
ABOUT TO PUT IN RAJU’S MOUTH
SHE HEARD MEENA SHOUT:
WAIT MA WHAT IS THIS MA
YOU ARE GIVING RAJU PEST MAARNE KI DAWA
OH GOD GREAT CONFUSION
POISON IN PLACE OF MEDICINE
BECHAARI MAA AB THI AGYAAN
ANJAANE ME LAADLE KI LE HI LI THI USNE JAAN
ISLIYE TO KHA HAI
PADHNA LIKHNA SIKHO
O MEHNAT KRNE WALO
MEENA KI PADHAI PAR SABKO HUA ABHIMAN
PADH LIKH BETI NE HI BACHAYI THI BETE KI JAAN
EDUCATE THE DAUGHTER
FILL THE HOME WITH LAUGHTER
SHE’LL LIVE HER LIFE HAPPILY
AND EDUCATE HER FAMILY…
:)
