SHEYKĀL (FIRST STANZA) ... ĀMI JODI JANMA NITEM KĀLIDĀSER KĀLEY

SHEYKĀL (FIRST STANZA) ... ĀMI JODI JANMA NITEM KĀLIDĀSER KĀLEY

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