Don't burn me Mom, don't burn me Dad-I want to live,

Only six months passed I came into your house as a bride.

Have a look at me! I still have a flavour of mehendi in my hands,

Why do you not resist your parents?

You're my husband.

It's a crying of a Daughter-in-law before her spouse and the rest,

For the cause of more dowry, they forced her burnt to death.

It happens at the immersion day of Goddess Durga, when we're at heavy heart,

At the same time, for cremation of a half burnt body brings to burning Ghat.

Two immersion of the same day are on progress coincidentally,

One is Devi Durga, our great Maa and other is a daughter of a poor family.

The immersion of housewives or newly wedded brides are common feature,

We do face every moment such a ghastly incident from one corner to another.

The bridegroom is a bank officer, a civil servant, a doctor or a trader,

A handsome amount of dowry must be paid along with Jewelry and furniture.

Father of the poor girls bound to surrender to their demands,

At the time of wedding these are to be gifted and hard cash long beforehand.

By blessings of seven steps around the fire and have a witness to the sacred fire,

The bride comes to a new house with many dreams in her eyes for her future.

But she doesn't have a knowledge, her long cherished dreams will be shattered soon,

By the hands of her parents-in-law and her life partner groom.

Everyday every bridegroom, every father of the groom demands more and more,

To start a new business, for higher education in abroad or to have a luxury motor.

Why does a father again surrender to their illegal demand? It's an offence,

But who'll listen to whom? He wants, he needs to have that's final. Does it malfeasance?

No not at all! You must pay for your daughter's future. Yes you've to pay,

Otherwise your heart, your darling daughter has to pay a heavy price one day.

And a few months later, he keeps his word by pouring Kerosene on her pregnant body,

The bride burns into fire with her fetus uttering the last word- D-a-d-dy.

After having an auspicious immersion, Goddess Durga returns to Kailash with her sons,

Our durga, the daughter of our family gets immersed with many inflammations.