Nay, Do Not Grieve
Hymn composed by
Libby LarsenContextual information
Tune Name
NAIDU
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11.10.11.10.
10.9.10.9
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Libby LarsenHymn Arranger
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Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) was a poet and Indian political activist. She was born in Hyderanad and educated in Madras, London, and Cambridge. When she returned to India after her time in England, she became a leader in the Indian independence movement. After India’s independence, she served as the first Governor of the United Provinces. Mahatma Gandhi gave her the nickname “the nightingale of India” in honor of her poetry.
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Lyrics
Nay, do not grieve though life be full of sadness,
dawn will not veil its splendor for your grief,
nor spring deny their bright appointed beauty
to lotus blossom and ashoka leaf.
Nay, do not pine though life be marred with trouble,
time will not pause or tarry on its way;
today that seems so long, so strange, so bitter,
will soon be some forgotten yesterday.
Nay, do not weep; new hopes, new dreams, new faces,
joy yet unspent of all the unborn years,
will prove your heart a traitor to its sorrow
and make your eyes unfaithful to their tears.
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