Religion
Psalms of the Sisters XXI: Sumangala's Mother
Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1909) · From Psalms of the Early Buddhists I: Psalms of the Sisters (1909)
O woman well set free! how free am I,
How throughly free from kitchen drudgery!
Me stained and squalid 'mong my cooking-pots
My brutal husband ranked as even less
Than the sunshades he sits and weaves alway.
Purged now of all my former lust and hate,
I dwell, musing at ease beneath the shade
Of spreading boughs–O, but 'tis well with me!
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MLA
Therigatha, The Sisters of the. “Psalms of the Sisters XXI: Sumangala's Mother.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/therigatha-sisters/20/.
Chicago
Therigatha, The Sisters of the. “Psalms of the Sisters XXI: Sumangala's Mother.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/therigatha-sisters/20/.
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