Name: Perceptions Of The City by Delhi Oralities
Duration: 2 min 9 s
Description: Sunil moved to Delhi in the hopes of escaping poverty at home. In his 35 years here he hasn't returned. And his poverty has abandoned him. Delhi did not lift him out of poverty. He spends his days and nights on road sides as contract labourer and sleeps on whichever corner of the road offers him most comfort.

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Na man behooda girde kocha
Wa bazaar megardam
Mazaj-e-ashiqee daram paye
dildar megardam

Khudaya rahm kon bar man
Pareeshan waar megardam

Khata karam gonahgaram
Ba hale zaar megardam

Sharabe showq menosham
Ba girde yaar megardam

Sukhan mastana megoyam
Walay hooshyaar megardam

TRANSLATION:-

No I am not roaming aimlessly
around the streets and bazaar
I am a lover searching for his beloved

God have mercy on me
I am walking around troubled

I have done wrong and sinned
and am walking around wounded

I have drunk the wine of desire
and am strolling around beloved

Though I may seem drunk
I am quite sober

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Sunil moved to Delhi in the hopes of escaping poverty at home. In his 35 years here he hasn't returned. And his poverty has abandoned him. Delhi did not lift him out of poverty. He spends his days and nights on road sides as contract labourer and sleeps on whichever corner of the road offers him most comfort.

Perceptions Of The City

A city wide project at Ambedkar University funded by ICSSR  collecting stories of Delhi across class and cultural boundaries. Spanning a hundred years in living memory we seek to tell a people's history of the city. If you have a story, we are listening.

Perceptions Of The City

Delhi Oralities

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