The following lines are given as pre-reading activity for the lesson 'The Will of Sacrifice' (p. 112) prescribed for 9th standard:
Blessed am I that I am born to this land
I had the luck to love her.
What care I if queenly treasure is not in her store
But precious enough is for me
the living wealth of her love
These lines are an excerpt from a poem written by Rabindranath Tagore. For the full version of the poem click the link below:
http://tagoreweb.in/render/ShowContent.aspx?ct=Verses&bi=72EE92F5-BE50-40C7-6E6E-0F7410664DA3&ti=72EE92F5-BE50-4EA7-EE6E-0F7410664DA3
This poem is rendered into Kannada by Kuvempu. The above lines in Kannada translation are as follows:
ಭಾರತಾಂಬೆಯೆ ಜನಿಸಿ ನಿನ್ನೊಳು ಧನ್ಯನಾದೆನು ದೇವಿಯೇ
ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೇಮದಿ ಬೆಳೆದು ಜೀವವು ಮಾನ್ಯವಾದುದು ತಾಯಿಯೇ
ರಾಣಿಯಂದದಿ ಮೆರೆಯೆ ಸಿರಿತನವಿಹುದೊ ಏನೋ ಅರಿಯೆನು
For full version of the Kannada poem click the link below:
http://kannada-lyric.blogspot.in/2012/10/blog-post_9467.html
Blessed am I that I am born to this land
I had the luck to love her.
What care I if queenly treasure is not in her store
But precious enough is for me
the living wealth of her love
These lines are an excerpt from a poem written by Rabindranath Tagore. For the full version of the poem click the link below:
http://tagoreweb.in/render/ShowContent.aspx?ct=Verses&bi=72EE92F5-BE50-40C7-6E6E-0F7410664DA3&ti=72EE92F5-BE50-4EA7-EE6E-0F7410664DA3
This poem is rendered into Kannada by Kuvempu. The above lines in Kannada translation are as follows:
ಭಾರತಾಂಬೆಯೆ ಜನಿಸಿ ನಿನ್ನೊಳು ಧನ್ಯನಾದೆನು ದೇವಿಯೇ
ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೇಮದಿ ಬೆಳೆದು ಜೀವವು ಮಾನ್ಯವಾದುದು ತಾಯಿಯೇ
ರಾಣಿಯಂದದಿ ಮೆರೆಯೆ ಸಿರಿತನವಿಹುದೊ ಏನೋ ಅರಿಯೆನು
For full version of the Kannada poem click the link below:
http://kannada-lyric.blogspot.in/2012/10/blog-post_9467.html
