Life
We said out loud: let girls be accomplished,
Translated from Uzbek · Original text
We said out loud: let girls be accomplished,Let them support themselves and never be in need.Let them live free of hardship, merry and carefree,So long as they're not hungry, not unclothed indeed.Whatever knowledge there was, we taught them, look,We taught them how to chatter in a foreign tongue.Let laws hold triumph in their lives —We taught them how to sharpen up their tongue.How to do their hair, how to make up their faces,How to be coy, how to walk without a fault;To sing songs too, and play upon the saz,We even taught them how to lead and to exalt.All right, if she's inclined, let her cook,All right, let her sew — it's in her nature, sure.If she wishes, let her see Paris and London,Let her think freely, let her choose for her.Today she is accomplished, she is a scholar,She's gained the skills that suit the modern day,But the knowledge of being faithful to a husband,And how to be a wife — she simply doesn't know the way.Akrom MALIK
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