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by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

No, my friends, I shall never be an...
Language: English  after the Bangla (Bengali) 
No, my friends, I shall never be an ascetic, 
whatever you may say. I shall never be an ascetic 
if she does not take the vow with me.
It is my firm resolve that if I cannot find 
a shady shelter and a companion for my penance, 
I shall never turn ascetic.

No, my friends, I shall never leave my hearth and home, 
and retire into the forest solitude, 
if rings no merry laughter in its echoing shade 
and if the end of no saffron mantle flutters in the wind; 
if its silence is not deepened by soft whispers.
I shall never be an ascetic.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 43 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 105

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