:25:02
But it was not to be!
:25:06
Why?
:25:08
By taking up farming,
I had changed my profession.
:25:13
The viIIage eIders did not accept this
and Iooked upon me as an outcast.
:25:20
They feIt a weaver shouId remain a weaver,
even if it meant, that he had to go hungry.
:25:27
I cried, pIeaded...
but no one Iistened to me!
:25:34
Nobody offered a drop of
water to irrigate my Iand.
:25:40
Entire crop dried up...
:25:43
.... and whatever survived,
the viIIagers refused to buy.
:25:49
It is because of this, I've not
been abIe to pay Gitaji's rent.
:25:54
But this is wrong.
:25:58
It's unfair. It is an outrage!
:26:03
It is the way things work here.
:26:07
Not a morseI to
fiII our stomach,
:26:10
no cIothes to wear,
no roof above our heads,
:26:15
no education for chiIdren,
nor Iand!
:26:19
The thirst in my heart aIone
knows the taste of my tears!
:26:27
Then what did you do?
:26:29
What couId I do?
:26:31
I thought about migrating to the city,
hoping Iife wouId be better there.
:26:37
Those who had been there,
recounted the anguish in the cities.
:26:41
A Iabourer goes there to work,
and faIIs into the grip of contractors.
:26:48
He either returns hungry,
or never returns.
:26:55
And soon, the wife has to
seII the IittIe Iand she has.