Translated by Rasel Ahmed from a Bangladeshi folk song.
Citation
Rasel, Ahmed. “Lament.” New York Folklore, vol. 49:3-4, 2023. p. 48.
Summary
The first prahara is spent in ploughing,
The second in harrowing.
Then you strike me with a stick—
Have you forgotten your Lord,
Oh dear farmer?
I owe you nothing at all,
I graze on the wild grass!...
