Walk Alone
Walk Alone (Motherland)
By Rabindranath Tagore
Translation by Snehendu Kar
If no one listens to your call-
then you must walk on alone.
Move on alone, move on alone, and move on alone.
If no one speaks to you- oh, oh my hapless one,
If everyone turns the other way; if everyone is afraid,
Then open your heart and speak out your mind alone.
If everyone turns away, oh my hapless one,
If as you walk alone on a dark road
no one joins you on your journey,
Then you must crush the thorns on your path
with your bleeding feet and walk ahead alone.
If no one holds up a light, -oh my hapless one
if on a dark, stormy, and rainy night
everyone seeks refuge behind a closed door, -
then, with the flame from a roaring lightning
set your own ribcage on fire
and burn alone in that holy pyre
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This poem was dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi as a homage
to his non-violent freedom struggle to win India’s freedom
from British Raj (Rule)
Copyright © Snehendu Kar | Year Posted 2017
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