Oh, had I been born in the age of
Kalidas!
Perchance, would have been the tenth
gem
In the necklace donned with nine.
A solitary song, a paean would sing
Unto the king and ask for
In the tranquil edges of Ujjain
A house hedged by a garden.
By the bank of Reba, 'neath the
champa,
By eve would assemble all,
Oh, in sportive mood, in self-musing
I’d sing out in wild abandon.
The vessel of life would flow on
In soft and aimless way
Oh, had I been born in the age of
Kalidas!
Composed by Rabindranath Tagore
Translated by Sugata Bose
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