Acchut kee Shikayat
Acchut ki Shiqayat (Bhojpuri: 𑂃𑂓𑂳𑂞 𑂍𑂵 𑂮𑂱𑂍𑂰𑂉𑂞; IAST: achūt kī śikayat; transl. The compliant of an Untouchable) is a Bhojpuri Poem written by Heera Dom in 1914.[1] It was the printed work on Dalits which was published in the Hindi magazine Saraswati in 1914 from Allahabad.[2]
by Heera Dom | |
Original title | 𑂃𑂓𑂳𑂞 𑂍𑂵 𑂮𑂱𑂍𑂰𑂉𑂞 |
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Written | 1914 |
Language | Bhojpuri |
Lines | 40 |
By this poem Heera Dom has expressed the trauma of his Dom community in literary from.[3]
lyrics
The first and second stanza of the poem is as follow:
Kaithi Alphabet | Devnagari script | IAST transliteration |
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𑂯𑂧𑂢𑂲 𑂍𑂵 𑂩𑂰𑂞𑂱 𑂠𑂱𑂢 𑂠𑂳𑂎𑂫𑂰 𑂦𑂷𑂏𑂞 𑂥𑂰𑂢𑂲, |
हमनी के राति दिन दुखवा भोगत बानी,
हमनी के सहेब से मिनती सुनाइबि हमनी के दुख भगवानओं न देखता ते, हमनी के कबले कलेसवा उठाइबि पदरी सहेब के कचहरी में जाइबिजां, बेधरम होके रंगरेज बानि जाइबिजां हाय राम! धसरम न छोड़त बनत बा जे, बे-धरम होके कैसे मुंहवा दिखइबि |
hamanī ke rāti din dukhawā bhogata bānī |
References
- The Caravan July 2019. Delhi Press. 2019.
- Dalit Literature: A Critical Exploration. Sarup & Sons. 2007. p. 80. ISBN 8176258172.
- Sharma, Pradeep (2006). Dalit Politics And Literature. Shipra Publications. p. 110. ISBN 8175412712.