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The Gardener 70: I remember a day in my childhood

by Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941

Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1915) · From The Gardener (1915)

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I remember a day in my childhood I floated a paper boat in the ditch.
It was a wet day of July; I was alone and happy over my play.
I floated my paper boat in the ditch.

Suddenly the storm clouds thickened, winds came in gusts, and rain poured in torrents.
Rills of muddy water rushed and swelled the stream and sunk my boat.
Bitterly I thought in my mind that the storm came on purpose to spoil my happiness; all its malice was against me.

The cloudy day of July is long today, and I have been musing over all those games in life wherein I was loser.
I was blaming my fate for the many tricks it played on me, when suddenly I remembered the paper boat that sank in the ditch.

MLA

Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Gardener 70: I remember a day in my childhood.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/172/.

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Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Gardener 70: I remember a day in my childhood.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/172/.

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