Here lies a woman / She was a person just like you / Flames burn her like the rest of us / The wind buffets her / Thorns make her bleed / But she wasn’t like you / If only someone had told her, “Don’t be afraid” / If only she could have been given her freedom like the blowing wind / If only she could have been treated like a man by the world / Womanhood is beauty and bounty / Womanhood is that which gives life / Womanhood is misfortune in this world / This is your last breath / Here lies a woman / Who bowed to everyone’s desires / In my youth I was as independent as the wind / No one could
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