Rip off your veils, girls,
As we are not born indifferent,
Rip off your veils, women,
As we are not born with the cocoon,

Let those dumb headed fight,
Let us not lose our loving child,
Let those arrogant march with might,
Let us not lose our dear brothers,

Rip off your veils in groups,
How many of us can be beheaded?
Even if they behead our loving heads,
Let it be for the future of the mother's love.

veeraiyah subbulakshmi

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