Love Poem: Dear Friend, Stay With Me - Translation From Tagore

Dear Friend, Stay With Me - Translation From Tagore

This You Tube video has been created by Malabika Ray Choudhury - the original song is in Bengali, a regional language from eastern part of India  - rendered by Malabika. 

                      

                       “My Dearest Friend, stay with me”.

                        Dear Friend, please stay with me
               Today - when the sky is overcast with clouds..
                  a dark morning in the month of Shrabana,
                         Dearest friend, stay with me.

                             Were you in my dream
                When I longed for my mate in the lonely nights?
          My Friend, the days are passing by…in an useless manner…
                              Today on a stormy day
                          When the winds are so wild!

                         Please talk to me, to my heart,
                             Clasp my hands in yours ~
                          Dearest Friend, stay with me.


                                  January 24, 2022
Translated from Gitabitan (collection Of Songs) by India's Nobel-Laureate Poet,     Rabindranath Tagore
                      
                        Copyright © Malabika Ray Choudhury

Notes: Shrabana is the fourth month in Bengali calendar - it's the rainy season in Bengal, Eastern part of India.