From: sguha@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Saumyen Guha)
Subject: Re: One more gem from Tagore
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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:13:45 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:
>
>>In article <1ifeugINNrqs@tamsun.tamu.edu> imc7142@tamsun.tamu.edu (Iftekharuddin Mohamme Choudhu) writes:
>
Alright Sayan! You remind me of some more lines.

>>>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 |   
Aakash paney hane jugal bhuru
Sunley pore megher guru guru

>
>>>	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
>>>____________________________________________


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