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The Fugitive

by Rabindranath Tagore

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Kacha

Not so much bitterness! Smile, and give me leave to go.

Devayani

Smile! But, my friend, this is not your native Paradise. Smiles are not so cheap in this world, where thirst, like a worm in the flower, gnaws at the heart’s core; where baffled desire hovers round the desired, and memory never ceases to sigh foolishly after vanished joy.

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