Poem on Rani Lakshmi Bai
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Poem on Rani Lakshmi Bai
The throne was shaken, the royals raised their eyebrows,
There was new youth again in old India,
Everyone knew the price of lost freedom.
Everyone was determined to do away with Firangi.
The sun shone in the fifty-seven, this sword was old,
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
The mouth of the maternal grandfather of Kanpur was sister Chhabbili,
The name of Laxmibai, that child of the father was the only one,
Used to study with Nana, she played with Nana
Spear, shield, kirpan, katari, this was his friend.
Veer Shivaji's tales were his memory,
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
Was it Lakshmi or was Durga, she herself was the incarnation of bravery,
Seeing the Marathas would be blown away by the blows of his swords,
Creating and playing fake battles, hunting a lot,
Military encirclement, breaking the fort, these were his favorite games.
Maharashtra-Kul-Devi was also Aaradhya Bhavani.
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
Engaged with the glory of gallantry in Jhansi,
Rani Laxmi Bai got married in Jhansi,
Congratulation in the palace, happiness prevailed in Jhansi,
She came in Jhansi in the virudavali of Sughat Bundelas.
Chitra found Arjuna, Bhavani had met Shiva,
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
Good luck rose, there was light in the stained palaces,
But Kaalgati secretly surrounded the black hole,
When did he get his bangles in arrows?
The queen has become a widow, even the law did not take pity.
Rajaji died childless, the queen was mourning,
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
The extinguished lamp of Jhansi then laughed at Dallusie Mann,
He found this a good opportunity to usurp the kingdom,
Immediately sent the army and raised its flag on the fort,
The British Raj came to Jhansi by becoming the heir of the unclaimed.
The tearful queen saw that Jhansi was desolation,
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
Persuasion doesn't listen to modesty
Wanted to become a merchant or when he came to India,
Dalhousie spreads his legs, now his body has turned
He also rejected the kings and nawabs.
The queen became a maid, this maid was now a queen,
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
Snatched the capital of Delhi, Lucknow snatched the talk,
The imprisoned Peshwa was in Bithur, the Ghat of Nagpur also happened,
Which chessboard of Udaipur, Tanjore, Satara, Karnataka?
Whereas in Sindh, Punjab Brahm had just suffered a thunderbolt.
Bengal, Madras etc. had the same story.
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
The queen cried in the exile, Begum was missing,
Their jewelry, clothes were sold in the market of Calcutta,
All the common British newspapers used to be auctioned,
“Take the jewelry of Nagpur, take the necklace of Lucknow”.
Thus the respect of the screen was in the hands of the foreigner.
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
Victory was achieved, but the British army was surrounded again,
Now General Smith was in front of him, he gulped,
Kana and Mandara sakhis had come with the queen,
In the battle field, both wool had caused a heavy blow.
Alas! Huroz came behind! Surrounded now was the queen,
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
Go queen will remember these grateful Indians,
This your sacrifice will wake up the imperishable freedom,
Be it silent history, even if the truth is hanged,
May you be victorious, whether Jhansi can be erased from the balls.
You will be your memorial, you yourself were an indelible sign,
We heard the story from the mouth of Bundel bards,
She fought a lot, Mardaani, she was the queen of Jhansi.
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