The Snail by William Cowper full text in bengali language Class 10 English

 

Lesson 8

The Snail

William Cowper



The author and the text:

William Cowper (1731-1800) was one of the most popular poets of his time. Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing about the English countryside and the everyday lives of people. His famous works include Olney Hymns and The Task. The poem takes us into the private world of a snail, where it is seen to lead a self sufficient life. We are allowed to observe, in minute detail, the small yet self contained world in which a snail lives. 

āωāχāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻ•āωāĻĒাāϰ (ā§§ā§­ā§Šā§§-ā§§ā§Žā§Ļā§Ļ) āϤাঁāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়েāϰ āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āϜāύāĻĒ্āϰিāϝ় āĻ•āĻŦি āĻ›িāϞেāύ। āĻ•āωāĻĒাāϰ āĻ…āώ্āϟাāĻĻāĻļ āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻীāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤিāϰ āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϰ āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŽুāĻ– āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞেāύ āχংāϞ্āϝাāĻŖ্āĻĄেāϰ āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽাāĻž্āϚāϞেāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĻিāύেāϰ āϜীāĻŦāύ āύিāϝ়ে āϞিāĻ–ে। āϤাঁāϰ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āϰāϚāύাāĻ—ুāϞিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻ“āϞāύি āĻšাāχāĻŽāύāϏ āĻāĻŦং āĻĻ্āϝ āϟাāϏ্āĻ•। āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟি āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻļাāĻŽুāĻ•েāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤ āϜāĻ—āϤে āύিāϝ়ে āϝাāϝ়, āϝেāĻ–াāύে āĻāϟি āϏ্āĻŦāύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰ āϜীāĻŦāύāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĻেāĻ–া āϝাāϝ়। āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•āϝ়েāĻ• āĻŽিāύিāϟেāϰ āĻŦিāĻļāĻĻে āĻĒāϰ্āϝāĻŦেāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়া āĻšāϝ়, āϝেāĻ–াāύে āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻļাāĻŽুāĻ• āĻŦাঁāϚে āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ›োāϟ্āϟ āϏ্āĻŦāύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰ āύিāϜāϏ্āĻŦ āϜāĻ—āϤে।

The Text

To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall 

āϘাāϏ, āĻŦা āĻĒাāϤা, āĻŦা āĻĢāϞ āĻŦা āĻĒ্āϰাāϚীāϰ

The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall

āĻļাāĻŽুāĻ• āĻ•াāĻ›াāĻ•াāĻ›ি āϞেāĻ—ে āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āĻĒāĻĄ়ে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻ­āϝ় āĻĒাāϝ় āύা

As if he grew there, house and all,

āϝেāύ āϏে āϏেāĻ–াāύে āĻŦেāĻĄ়ে āĻ“āĻ ে, āĻŦাāĻĄ়ি āĻāĻŦং āϏāĻŦāĻ•িāĻ›ু,

Together.

āĻāĻ•āϏাāĻĨে।

Within that house secure he hides

āύিāϰাāĻĒāĻĻে āϏেāχ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝেāχ āϏে āϞুāĻ•িāϝ়ে āĻĨাāĻ•ে

When danger imminent betides

āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻ āϏংāϘāϟিāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া  āϝāĻ–āύ āφāϏāύ্āύ

Of storm, or other harm besides

āĻāĻĄ়-āĻāϰ, āĻŦা āĻ…āύ্āϝ āĻ•োāύো āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•্āώāϤি

Of weather.

āφāĻŦāĻšাāĻ“āϝ়া āĻāϰ।

Give but his horns the slightest touch,

āϤাāϰ āĻļিāĻ™ে āϏাāĻŽাāύ্āϝ āϏ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞে,

His self-collecting pow’r is such,

āĻāĻŽāύি āϤাঁāϰ āϏ্āĻŦ-āϏংāĻ—্āϰāĻšিāϤ āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা,

He shrinks into his house with much

āϏে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāϰূāĻĒে āϤাঁāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āϏāĻ™্āĻ•ুāϚিāϤ āĻšāϝ়ে āϝাāϝ়

Displeasure.

āĻŦিāϰāĻ•্āϤি।

Where’er he dwells, he dwells alone,

āϏে āϝেāĻ–াāύেāχ āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āϏেāĻ–াāύে āϏে āĻāĻ•াāχ āĻĨাāĻ•ে

Except himself has chatells none,

āύিāϜেāĻ•ে āĻ›াāĻĄ়া āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াāϰāĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦ্āϝāϏāĻ•āϞ āϤাāϰ āύাāχ 

Well satisfied to be his own

āύিāϜেāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āϝা āĻ•িāĻ›ু, āĻŦেāĻļ āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āϟ

Whole treasure.

āĻĒুāϰো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ ।

Thus, hermit-like, his life he leads,

āĻāχāĻ­াāĻŦে, āύিāϰ্āϜāύāĻŦাāϏী āϏāύ্āύ্āϝাāϏীāϰ āĻŽāϤো, āϤাঁāϰ āϜীāĻŦāύ āϏে āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύা āĻ•āϰে,

Not partner of his banquet needs,

āϤাāϰ āĻ­োāϜāϏāĻ­াāϰ  āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—ী āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύ āĻš্āϝ় āύা,

And if he meets one, only feeds

āĻāĻŦং āϝāĻĻি āϤাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻšāϝ় āϤāĻŦে āĻ•েāĻŦāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĒাāϞāύ āĻ•āϰে

The faster.

āĻĻ্āϰুāϤāϤāϰ

Who seeks him must be worse than blind,

āϝে āϤাāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝ āĻĒেāϤে āϚাāϝ় āĻ…āύ্āϧেāϰ āϚেāϝ়েāĻ“ āĻ–াāϰাāĻĒ āĻšāϤে āĻšāĻŦে,

(He and his house are so combined)

(āϏে āĻāĻŦং āϤাঁāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়ী āĻāϤ āĻ…āĻŦিāϚ্āĻ›িāύ্āύ)

If, finding it, he fails to find 

āϝāĻĻি,āĻāϟি āϏāύ্āϧাāύ āĻ•āϰে, āϏে āĻ–ুঁāϜে āĻĒেāϤে āĻŦ্āϝāϰ্āĻĨ āĻšāύ

Its master.

āĻāϰ āĻ•āϰ্āϤা।




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