Aaj yaadon ke kamre main kuch dhund Raha tha.
Kisi bichade hue rishtey ki tasveer ko dekh raha tha.
Beetey hue khusnuma pal yaad aa gaye
Waqt badal Gaya yaaden piche rah gaye
Aaj bhi beeti yaadon main wahi kasish hai
Berang zindagi jeene ki kosish hai
Naa jaane Kahan chhoot Gaye woh haseen pal
Woh sukoon se bharaa hua kal
Woh lamhe kabhi Laut ke nahi aayenge
Lekin hamesha khubsurat yaad ki tarah Dil main Zinda rahenge.
Tu oh hai mere mathe te vaghi ik pakki leek
tainu udeekangiyaan meriyaan akhiyaan
maut teek
Every morning this dog, very attached to me,
Quietly keeps sitting near my seat
Till touching its head
I recognize its company.
This recognition gives it so much joy
Pure delight ripples through its entire body.
Among all dumb creatures
It is the only living being
That has seen the whole man
Beyond what is good or bad in him
It has seen
For his love it can sacrifice its life
It can love him too for the sake of love alone
For it is he who shows the way
To the vast world pulsating with life.
When I see its deep devotion
The offer of its whole being
I fail to understand
By its sheer instinct
What truth it has discovered in man.
By its silent anxious piteous looks
It cannot communicate what it understands
But it has succeeded in conveying to me
Among the whole creation
What is the true status of man.
✍ Tagore
