by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
I hunt for the golden stag
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
I hunt for the golden stag. You may smile, my friends, but I pursue the vision that eludes me. I run across hills and dales, I wander through nameless lands, because I am hunting for the golden stag. You come and buy in the market and go back to your homes laden with goods, but the spell of the homeless winds has touched me I know not when and where. I have no care in my heart; all my belongings I have left far behind me. I run across hills and dales, I wander through nameless lands -- because I am hunting for the golden stag.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 69 [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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- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Frederik van Eeden (1860 - 1932) , appears in De Hoovenier, no. 69, first published 1919 ; composed by Berthe Geuer.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-12
Line count: 15
Word count: 105