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author [first name]	title	language	id code	last modification	view
Kálmán Kalocsay	La juna princo	Esperanto	Arg-1701-844	2013-02-26 23:23 Manfred	only this add
Rabindranath Tagor	* Shubhokkan	bengala	Arg-1699-844	2013-02-26 23:16 Manfred	only this add
Rabindranath Tagor	The young prince	English	Arg-1700-844	2013-02-26 23:27 Manfred	only this remove

Rabindranath Tagor,
The young prince

translated by Rabindranath Tagor

O mother, the young Prince is to pass by our door, --

how can I attend to my work this morning?

Show me how to braid up my hair;

tell me what garment to put on.

Why do you look at me amazed, mother?

I know well he will not glance up once at my window;

I know he will pass out of my sight in the twinkling of an eye;

only the vanishing strain of the flute

will come sobbing to me from afar.

But the young Prince will pass by our door,

and I will put on my best for the moment.

O mother, the young Prince did pass by our door,

and the morning sun flashed from his chariot.

I swept aside the veil from my face,

I tore the ruby chain from my neck

and flung it in his path.

Why do you look at me amazed, mother?

I know well he did not pick up my chain;

I know it was crushed under his wheels

leaving a red stain upon the dust,

and no one knows what my gift was nor to whom.

But the young Prince did pass by our door,

and I flung the jewel from my breast before his path.

Translation of the bengala poem "Shubhokkan"
by Rabindranath Tagor (*1861-05-07 -
†1941-08-07) into English by
Rabindranath Tagor (*1861-05-07 -
†1941-08-07).

Tiu estas angligo, kiun la poeto verkis
mem laŭ sia origine en la bengala lingvo
verkita teksto. (Konfirmis tion al mi,
Manfred Retzlaff, s-ro Probal Dasgupta.)
Vidu ankaŭ la retejojn
http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probal_Dasgupta
kaj http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=18070.

Rabindranath Tagor,The young prince

Rabindranath Tagor,
The young prince