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The Hindi translation of (part of) this poem is famous in its own right. It was created by Harivansh Rai Bachchan, the most famous Hindi poet of his generation and famous now as the father of Amitabh Bachchan, the actor. The poem and its translation also have a connection to India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. According to Nehru's biographer, this poem - and its Hindi translation - were among the last things that Nehru read before his death in 1967 [1]. The Hindi version is not faithful to the meter of the English verse, but it is in many ways even more beautiful, with every word being deep and sonorous; and it sounds more wonderful when read out because of rhyme and alliteration on nearly every line. The link below contains the translation, and a few notes on why it's so beautiful.

[1] https://x.com/Jairam_Ramesh/status/1672631096956317698






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