Jete Nahi Dibo

Jete Nahi Dibo
by Rabindranath Tagore
Original title	যেতে নাহি দিব
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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"Jete Nahi Dibo" (IPA: [d͡ʒet̪e nɑːhi d̪ibo], Bengali: যেতে নাহি দিব, English: "I Won't Let You Go" or "You Must Not Go") is a Bengali poem written by Rabindranath Tagore. The poem is included in the collection Sonar Tori (IPA: /ʃonar t̪ori/).^[1] The poem consists of 176 lines. The English translation of the poem is curtailed into 16 lines.^[2]

Synopsis[edit]

In this poem, the poet is ready to depart his home to return to his workplace after the vacation of Durga Puja. His 4-year-old daughter does not want him to go. The poet consoles her and explains that it is really important for him to return to his workplace. However, the child denies to understand this and keeps on saying "I won't let you go".

References[edit]

↑ Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 4136–. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3.
↑ Byomkesh Chandra Chakravorty (1971). Rabindranath Tagore: his mind and art: Tagore's contribution to English literature. Young India Publications. p. 33.

External links[edit]

Poem on Bengali Wikisource (in Bengali)

[Lal1992-1] Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 4136–. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3.

[Chakravorty1971-2] Byomkesh Chandra Chakravorty (1971). Rabindranath Tagore: his mind and art: Tagore's contribution to English literature. Young India Publications. p. 33.

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