From: bhattach@quip.eecs.umich.edu (sayan bhattacharyya)
Subject: Re: One more gem from Tagore
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 18:08:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan9.171355.20068@Princeton.EDU> sguha@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Saumyen Guha) writes:

>In article <1ifeugINNrqs@tamsun.tamu.edu> imc7142@tamsun.tamu.edu (Iftekharuddin Mohamme Choudhu) writes:

>Excellant!! How about posting the original in Bengali. I will start with
>whatever I remember from the song. Some knowledgeable soul, please
>complete.I am keeping the English version as well.
>

Saumyen has done a good job remembering most of the song, I will just
try to fill in some of the gaps. I am writing from memory, so 
please excuse any mistakes. 

>>
>>In the village they call her the dark girl
>>but to me she is the flower Krishnakali
>>On a cloudy day in a field
>>I saw the dark girl's dark gazelle-eyes.
>>She had no covering on her head,
>>her loose hair had fallen on her back.

>Krishnakali ami tareyee boli
>Kalo tare bole gnayer lok
>Meghla dine ekla chilem mathey
>Dekhechi Taar Kalo Harin Chokh.
>Ghomta mathaye chilo na taar mote
>Mukto beni pither pore lotey.
>
>>
>>	Dark? However dark she be,
>>	I have seen her dark gazelle-eyes.

>Kalo? O se jotoyee kalo hok
>Dekhechi taar kalo horin chokh.
>
>>
>>Two black cows were lowing,
>>as it grew dark under the heavy clouds.
>>So with anxious, hurried steps,
>>the dark girl came from her hut.
>>Raising her eyebrows toward the sky,
>>she listened a moment to the clouds' rumble.
>>

Doore' hothat aandhar holo dekhe'
Daktechilo shyamal duti gai,
Kalo meye byasto byakul podey
Kutir hote' troste' elo tai |   

>>	Dark? However dark she be,
>>	I have seen her dark gazelle-eyes.
>>
>>A gust of the east wind
>>rippled the rice plants.
>>I was standing by a ridge,
>>alone in the field.
>>Whether or not she looked at me
>>Is known only to us too.

...
Dhaner khete' kheliye gelo dheu|
Aaler dhare dariyechhilam eka,
mather pore' aar chhilo na keu|  
Amar pane' dekhlo kina cheye    
Amiy jani - aar jane sei meye |

>>
>>	Dark? However dark she be,
>>	I have seen her dark gazelle-eyes.
>>


These are the lines I find most beautiful :

>>This how the Kohl-dark cloud
>>rises in the north-east in Jaistha;
>>the soft dark shadow
>>descends on the Tamal grove in Asharh;
>>and sudden delight floods the heart
>>in the night of Sravan.

Emni korey kalo kajal megh
jyaistha masey aase' eeshan kone,
emni kore kalo komal chhaya     
aashar maase' name' tomal boney |
Emni kore' shraban rojonitey
hothat khushi   ghoniye aashe chitey |
>>
>>	Dark? However dark she be,
>>	I have seen her dark gazelle-eyes.
>>
>>To me she is the flower Krishnakali,
>>whatever she may be called by others.
>>In a field in Maynapara village
>>I saw the dark girl's dark gazelle-eyes.
>>She did not cover her head,
>>not having the time to feel embarassed.

Mathar pore' dey ni tuley baas,
Lojja pabar payni obokas |      

>>	Dark? However dark she be,
>>	I have seen her dark gazelle-eyes.
>>
>>____________________________________________
>>Original:	Rabindranath Tagore
>>Translation:	J. C. Ghosh
>>____________________________________________
>>
>>Iftekhar Choudhury
>>Texas A & M University
>
>
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>Saumyen Guha
>sguha@phoenix.princeton.edu
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-Sayan.     
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