Gitanjali 82

Nâko/By: Rabindranath Tagore

Oras nabala piuta nbi ho ‘nimam nanan, Usî.

Ka nmuî fa tuafes es he nsoî ho menít-sin.

Nenô ma fai nfinin ma oras namfau nasuin

ma nmaknenê onlê hausufâ.

Ho muhín he mpao onmé.

Ho tonnatun es nasoup es

ma naheun hausufâ an-anâ afuit-es.

Hit ka tít fa oras he tanekun,

ma fun ka tmuî fa oras hit musti tasík

he tapein taubsonâ.

Hit a-tmâmuî tâsek’ok he tanekun oras.

Ma onnane fun oras nnao piuta

tomas au ‘fê ani neu amatoes es-es lê nasikan,

ma ho altár luman, ka nok fa ‘tulû a-npoinfin.

Lekâ neno namsoup au ‘manáp

fun umtau ho nesu maëkâ;

me au upein ak oras fê esan.

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Time is endless in thy hands, my lord.

There is none to count thy minutes.

Days and nights pass and ages bloom

and fade like flowers.

Thou knowest how to wait.

Thy centuries follow each other

perfecting a small wild flower.

We have no time to lose,

and having no time we must scramble

for a chance.

We are too poor to be late.

And thus it is that time goes by

while I give it to every querulous man who claims it,

and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.

At the end of the day I hasten in fear

lest thy gate be shut;

but I find that yet there is time.

Translated into Dawan by Yohanes Manhitu.

Gitanjali 83

Nâko/By: Rabindranath Tagore

Ainâ, au he ukaot mutiara nonô mesê
neu ho neom eik au nú neksusar.

Fkun-sin a-ntut nalail nithaef nâko pinâ
he nhias ho haem, me aube lof nâpoin
neu ho ‘basam in fafon.

‘Maus ma kanfomenî ném nâko ho
ma ho es mufék he mfe aî mait mufanî sin.
Me neksusar i aube kuk ’tebtebes,
ma lekâ au eiki neit on au ‘tulû-tnatas
ho mseunbain kau meik ho halinat.

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Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls
for thy neck with my tears of sorrow.

The stars have wrought their anklets of light
to deck thy feet, but mine will hang
upon thy breast.

Wealth and fame come from thee
and it is for thee to give or to withhold them.
But this my sorrow is absolutely mine own,
and when I bring it to thee as my offering
thou rewardest me with thy grace.

Translated into Dawan by Yohanes Manhitu