From: banerj@sundagger.lerc.nasa.gov ()
Subject: Re: One more gem from Tagore
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:15:20 GMT

In article <1993Jan9.180824.28690@zip.eecs.umich.edu> bhattach@quip.eecs.umich.edu (sayan bhattacharyya) writes:
>In article <1993Jan9.171355.20068@Princeton.EDU> sguha@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Saumyen Guha) writes:
>>
>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. 

Errors excused, but attempted corrections below. These are from memory too,
so be patient. Anyone with the relevant reference care to clean this up?

Amitava

>>>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
              ^^^^^^^^^^^
meghlA dine dekhechilAm mAThe

>>Dekhechi Taar Kalo Harin Chokh.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

o kAlo meyer kAlo harin cokh

>>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'

ghana meghe A(n)dhAr holo dekhe (?? last 2 words?)

>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.
>
>...
 ^^^
pUbe bAtAs[h] haThAt elo dheye

>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.
>

krishnakali Ami tArei boli
Ar jA bale baluk anya lok
dekhechilAm moynApARAr mAThe
o kAlo meyer kAlo harin cokh

>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
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>>Saumyen Guha
>>sguha@phoenix.princeton.edu
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>-Sayan.     


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