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{\normalfont\large Rabindranath Tagor,}
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{\normalfont\LARGE The young prince}
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{\itshape tradukita de Rabindranath Tagor}
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O mother, the young Prince is to pass by our door, --\\
how can I attend to my work this morning?\\
Show me how to braid up my hair; \\
tell me what garment to put on.\\
Why do you look at me amazed, mother?\\
I know well he will not glance up once at my window; \\
I know he will pass out of my sight in the twinkling of an eye; \\
only the vanishing strain of the flute \\
will come sobbing to me from afar.\\
But the young Prince will pass by our door, \\
and I will put on my best for the moment.
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O mother, the young Prince did pass by our door, \\
and the morning sun flashed from his chariot.\\
I swept aside the veil from my face, \\
I tore the ruby chain from my neck\\
and flung it in his path.\\
Why do you look at me amazed, mother?\\
I know well he did not pick up my chain; \\
I know it was crushed under his wheels \\
leaving a red stain upon the dust, \\
and no one knows what my gift was nor to whom.\\
But the young Prince did pass by our door, \\
and I flung the jewel from my breast before his path.
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{\itshape \small Traduko de la bengala
poemo ``Shubhokkan'' de {\scshape Rabindranath
Tagor} ($\ast$1861-05-07~--~$\dagger$1941-08-07)
en la Anglan de {\scshape Rabindranath
Tagor} ($\ast$1861-05-07~--~$\dagger$1941-08-07).

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Arg-844-1700 (2013-02-26 23:27:58)

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Tiu estas angligo, kiun la poeto verkis
mem laŭ sia origine en la bengala lingvo
verkita teksto. (Konfirmis tion al mi,
Manfred Retzlaff, s-ro Probal Dasgupta.)
Vidu ankaŭ la retejojn
\url{http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probal_Dasgupta}
kaj \url{http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=18070}.
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