Oh dear daddy, you hear daddy,
I want to study I am ready paddy.
Now I am sure a l little daughter,
I promise I shall bring laughter.
Although I am daughter I feel,
I have right to study I have zeal.
Every day at home I shall work,
I shall serve breaking dark murk.
I know you are worried for sure,
I know my mind is all ever pure.
I do not need wealth and matter,
Give me wisdom you bless scatter.
What shall I do diamond gold?
I know I shall leave body in old.
Dowry does not fill mind greed,
I know wisdom truth does breed.
Being resolve knowledge comes
In next birth opens luck sums.
Do not please refuse oh father,
I am equal to son, do not bother.
Nature mother ever supports me,
Feel zeal father my vision you see.
I want to study I am ready paddy,
Oh dear daddy, you hear daddy.
Very nicely penned down, the feelings of a daughter. The poem has immense feelings linked to each line and comes out as a masterpiece.
Laughter is the medicine to the heart! And, to study is better than knowing nothing at all. Thanks for sharing.
a poignant write from the perspective of a girl-symbol of all girls/women - in India and elsewhere in the world - to whom a proper education is denied. All children are equal, and they have to be treated equally, because we (women and men) are all human beings, with the same rights and duties.. and Education is the common basis of our own future and the future of human society. Thanks for sharing, Bhargabi. Blessings
Even now it is so sad that daughters are discriminated while the sons are given a lot of education and exposure! Unless parents and the society learn to see men and women on equal footing, we will continue to be in an underdeveloped state! The poem is quite touching written from the perspective of a little girl who is denied education!
State of mind of a little Indian village girl is so beautifully depicted.. the girl children of any country should always get same opportunities as boys do. great write. thank you.
I have 4 daughters and want for them all the same as my boys. Very nicely conceived and written
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Verily, a daughter has the ability and skill to work at home and work for a profession and earn as man, and earn livelihood and raise a family. The poem depicts the true nature of a girl.