Why do I have to suppress my desires, dear fate? I can't harbour any wish, is there some constraint? Whoever I wish to embrace, never draws near, Is it not my right to utter a plea, to shed a tear? If a pure prayer from the heart is chanted, I've heard tales of such wishes being granted. Yet my prayers remain unfulfilled and incomplete, The ones I choose, I don't even get to meet. Never have I even demanded anything much, The complex web of my fate, I've never seen such. Why does impartiality dance alongside me? Leaving me perplexed, questioning destiny. How long do I console my heart with hope? Does God even know the desires I grope? A glimmer of optimism resides within me, My heart, though defeated, refuses to agree. Why do I have to suppress my desires, dear fate? I can't harbour any wish, is there some constraint? Whoever I wish to embrace, never draws near, Is it not my right to utter a plea, to shed a tear?