Bengali Literature

The Kiss

Lips' language to lips' ears.Two drinking each other's heart, it seems.Two roving loves who have left home,pilgrims to the confluence…

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The Journey

The morning sea of silence broke into ripples of bird songs;and the flowers were all merry by the roadside;and the…

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The Hero

Mother, let us imagine we are travelling, and passing through astrange and dangerous country.You are riding in a palanquin and…

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The Gift

I want to give you something, my child, for we are drifting in thestream of the world.Our lives will be…

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The Gardener XXXIV: Do Not Go, My Love

Do not go, my love, without askingmy leave.I have watched all night, and nowmy eyes are heavy with sleep.I fear…

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The Gardener XXVII: Trust Love

"Trust love even if it brings sorrow.Do not close up your heart.""Ah no, my friend, your words aredark, I cannot…

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The Gardener XXIX: Speak to Me

Speak to me, my love! Tell me inwords what you sang.The night is dark. The stars arelost in clouds. The…

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The Gardener XXII: When She Passed by Me

When she passed by me with quicksteps, the end of her skirt touchedme.From the unknown island of aheart came a…

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The Gardener XXCIII: She Dwelt on the Hillside

She dwelt on the hillside by edgeof a maize-field, near the spring thatflows in laughing rills through thesolemn shadows of…

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The Gardener XVIII: When Two Sisters

When the two sisters go to fetchwater, they come to this spot andthey smile.They must be aware of somebodywho stands…

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