एक ही कोखी के बहिनिया Sisters from the Same Womb Lyrics (English translation)| Halsashti | Hal Shashti

एक ही कोखी के बहिनिया Sisters from the Same Womb Lyrics (English translation)| Halsashti | Hal Shashti

[VERSE 1]

One sister wears joy
One sister bleeds sorrow
Sukhiya owns nothing and everything
Dukhiya holds everything and nothing

(Dholak rhythm rises like dawn heat)

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[VERSE 2]

Sixth-day festival bells ring—
Sukhiya dances in turmeric sunlight
While Dukhiya stands shoreless,
Salty tears merging with the Ganges

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[VERSE 3]

Before sunrise, Dukhiya sweeps
Sukhiya’s doorstep with her unbraided hair
While men chant:
“Lakshmi dwells where women toil…”

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[BRIDGE]

Sukhiya laughs, sweet as jaggery:
“Sister, you arrived first in this life—
Why then do you feast last?”

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[CLIMAX]

Dukhiya whispers to the river:
“Mother, pain nests in my ribs
Like a koel bird in a neem tree…”
The old midwife clicks her tongue:
“Hush child—Chhathi Maiya hears
Even silent suffering.”

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[FINAL REFRAIN]

Six crows caw at dusk—
The village sings Sukhiya’s wedding songs
While Dukhiya’s children
Chew on sugarcane husks