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The Gardener 43: No, my friends
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1915) · From The Gardener (1915)
No, my friends, I shall never be an ascetic, whatever you may say.
I shall never be an ascetic if she does not take the vow with me.
It is my firm resolve that if I cannot find a shady shelter and a companion for my penance, I shall never turn ascetic.
No, my friends, I shall never leave my hearth and home, and retire into the forest solitude, if rings no merry laughter in its echoing shade and if the end of no saffron mantle flutters in the wind; if its silence is not deepened by soft whispers.
I shall never be an ascetic.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Gardener 43: No, my friends.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/145/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Gardener 43: No, my friends.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/145/.
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