I AM A CHILD, DON'T PUT ME IN LABOR
THE WAY MAKE ME WORK WHOLE DAY, TORTURE
EVEN A MAN GO TO OFFICE WITH FREE HAND
BUT YOU PUT HELL OF A LOAD ON MY BACK, BEND
WHY YOU PUT ME DAILY IN JAIL
WHEN WOULD I GET THE BAIL
EVEN A MAN WORK FOR 8 HOUR A DAY
BUT YOU MAKE ME PUSH THIS WAY
EVEN MY TEACHERS TAKE PERIOD FOUR
8 PERIODS DAILY, I TAKE WHAT FOR
5 HOURS OF SCHOOL,3 HOURS ACADEMY
NOT ENOUGH SO PUT ME IN HOME STUDY
YOU MAKE ME BEAT WITH STICK
YOUR HARSH WORDS MAKE ME SICK
OH INHUMAN WORLD FOR GOD'S SAKE
I AM CHILD OF 5 JUST GIVE ME A BREAK
WHAT IS MY SIN, WHERE HAVE I GONE WRONG
THIS CHILD LABOR, I WILL BEAR HOW LONG
A great poem with an universal message, well wrote Musair Rakh.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Yah! Child labor is crime.... Creating awareness... Naila