O the infinite Past !
Please tell your tales from past.
Why do just sit still and keep gazing
in an endless night.
Please tell your tales from past. Please do.
Tales from bygone eras collect in your ocean..
Streams from past generations converge
in your water.
Upon reaching you, their flow ends.
Their murmur like talks become muted.
They become deeply silent without any ebb or flow.
Wonder where do you lead them to?
O the infinite Past!
In my heart of hearts,
please tell your tales from past. Please do.
O the frozen Past.
You move around secretively.
But you’re not emotionless.
Then why not you speak ?
Please tell your tales from past. Please do.
I have heard your divine message,
in the depth of my soul,
About tales collected over aeons,
you gifted to our lives.
O the timeless Past!
You work quietly and continuously all over the world.
You remain calm and quiet amidst the
hustle and bustle of a noisy day.
O the infinite Past!
Right in my heart,
please tell your tales from past. Please do.
Please tell your tales from past. Please do.
You’ve not forgotten any of them in the least.
You pick and preserve them all.
Please tell your tales from past. Please do.
Using your invisible script, you have written
in the pages of our lives,
stories about our forefathers and
imprinted them in our marrow.
Those who have been forgotten by us all,
you’ve not forgotten them in the least.
You move on, carrying all those silent
and forgotten tales, still and frozen within you.
O the Great Sage from Past !
Please speak about them.
Please tell your tales from past. Please do.
Notes
Lyrics:Rabindranath Tagore
Recitation:Subroto Bondyopadhyay
Translation:Nirukta Bose, first posted on Facebook.
The translation was made literally, so that the readers may understand the Bengali Text and its grammar.
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