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He promised he'd return tomorrow

Vidyapati, Vidyapati poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama) poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by Vidyapati
(1340? - 1430) Timeline

English version by
Azfar Hussain

Original Language
Maithili
Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)
14th Century

He promised he'd return tomorrow.
And I wrote everywhere on my floor:
"Tomorrow."

The morning broke, when they all asked:
Now tell us, when will your "Tomorrow" come?
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, where are you?
I cried and cried, but my Tomorrow never returned!

Vidyapati says: O listen, dear!
Your Tomorrow became a today
with other women.

 

 

 

Themes

  Dawn
  Sound
 
 
 


Recommended Books


In Praise of Krishna: Songs from the Bengali, Translated by Edward C. Dimock, Jr. / Translated by Denise Levertov

 

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