কাঁচড়াপাড়াতে এক
    ছিল রাজপুত্তর,
রাজকন্যারে লিখে
    পায় না সে উত্তর।
টিকিটের দাম দিয়ে
রাজ্য বিকাবে কি এ,
রেগেমেগে শেষকালে
    বলে ওঠে--দুত্তোর!
ডাকবাবুটিকে দিল
    মুখে ডালকুত্তোর।

IF I WERE ONLY a little puppy, not your baby, mother dear, would you say
'No' to me if I tried to eat from your dish?
Would you drive me off, saying to me, 'Get away, you naughty little puppy?'
Then go, mother, go! I will never come to you when you call me, and never let you feed me any more.
If I were only a little green parrot, and not your baby, mother dear, would you keep me chained lest I should fly away?
Would you shake your finger at me and say, 'What an ungrateful wretch of a bird! It is gnawing at its chain day and night?'
Then, go, mother, go! I will run away into the woods; I will never let you take me in your arms again.

IN THE DEEP shadows of the rainy July, with secret steps, thou walkest, silent as night, eluding all watchers.
To-day the morning has closed its eyes, heedless of the insistent calls of the loud east wind, and a thick veil has been drawn over the ever- wakeful blue sky.
The woodlands have hushed their songs, and doors are all shut at every house. Thou art the solitary wayfarer in this deserted street. Oh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house-do not pass by like a dream.