Laments of a transsexual

Why did you make me a transsexual
People taunt and ridicule me.

Why didn't you make me a macho man
Why there is eunuchism and sissiness in me.

I cower in shame and self-consciousness
I dishonored my family.

I could not make my father proud
I remained an antihero.

Why there is no lionheartedness in me like Tipu Sultan
Why I am not brave and unafraid like a lion-hunter.

Why there is no fearlessness in me like a gladiator
Why there is no courage in me like a swordsman and fencer.

Why my spirit is so weak -- why I am so weak-kneed
Why have I lost my jihad with my qareen -- the devil-companion.