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Where did the sisters go
Where did the mothers depart?
The Sassis in deserts,
the Heers in plains
The Sohnis in rivers
forever lost.
Where did the streets
disappear,
the streets of innocence
Where I could go
to whichever house that I wished to
Each house had a special mark
Each living being had his name.
But all the faces now
made up the same
I may call them, by what name.
Calling them sisters
am made to explain
A preface to my intent
my sense of shame.
The whole world’s become
Man and woman
The rest is shadows,
Simulacrum.
Where did the sisters go,
Where have the mothers gone?
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Kithey gayeeaaN bhainnaaN
te kithey gayeeaaN maawaaN?
Thall vich SassiyaaN jhal vich HeeraaN
SohniyaaN payeeaaN vich dariyaawaaN...
kithey gayeeaaN galliyaaN oh bhalliyaaN bhalliyaaN
jiss ghar chaahaaN aawaaN jaawaaN...
har ikk ghar di khaas nishaani
har ikk jeeh da apna naawaN....
hunn taaN ikko jehiyaN sajjiyaaN shaklaaN
pata na kehRay naaoN bulaawaaN...
bhainn kahaaN taaN dasna painda
apni neeyat da sirnaawaaN...
sabh jagg hoyaa mard zanaani
baaki sabh chhaawaaN parchhaawaaN...
kithey gaiyeaN bhainnaaN
kithey gayeeaaN maawaaN?
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