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modern · 1905

Ekla Cholo Re

Rabindranath Tagore

Original · Bengali
যদি তোর ডাক শুনে কেউ না আসে তবে একলা চলো রে।
একলা চলো, একলা চলো, একলা চলো, একলা চলো রে।
Transliteration
Jodi tor dak shune keu na ashe tobe ekla cholo re.
Ekla cholo, ekla cholo, ekla cholo, ekla cholo re.
English subtitle
If they answer not your call, walk alone.
Walk alone, walk alone, walk alone.

If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall —
O you of unlucky soul, open your mind and speak out alone.

If they turn away and desert you when crossing the wilderness,
O you of unlucky soul, trample the thorns under your tread,
and along the blood-lined track, walk alone.

If they do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm,
O you of unlucky soul, with the thunder-flame of pain
ignite your own heart, and let it burn alone.

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