Tomar Kachhe Shanti Chabo Na (I Will Not Pray to You for Peace) by Tagore is a part Gitimalaya (A Garland of Songs) published in 1914.
I Will Not Pray to You for Peace
I will not pray to you for peace.
Let me stay with my feeling of grief.
Amidst this wave of conflict,
In the haze of the games you script,
I will swing towards my own dream.
Let the breeze blow off the lamplight,
Let storms thunder in the sky —
Every moment in my heart,
I can sense your footfall.
In darkness, I strive to find my stream.
You can listen to the song performed in Bengali by well-known artiste Swagatalakshmi here.
This poem has been translated by Mitali Chakravarty with editorial input by Sohana Manzoor on behalf of Borderless Journal
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