लेकिन मेरे लिए शब्दों की असली आवाज़ सबसे ज़्यादा मायने रखती है; मुझे हमेशा ऐसा महसूस होता है कि शब्द संगीत को पूरा करते हैं और कभी भी उसमें दबने नहीं चाहिए।

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

पुरानी परंपराओं के तयशुदा ढाँचों में बंधकर और पंगु मत बनिए। इसके बजाय, अपनी युवा भावनाओं, अपनी टटोलती हुई सोच और अपनी खिलती हुई समझ के आधार पर अपना निर्माण कीजिए।

Do not become paralyzed and enchained by the set patterns which have been woven of old. No, build from your own youthful feeling, your own groping thought and your own flowering perception.

Do not become paralyzed and enchained by the set patterns which have been woven of old. No, build from your own youthful feeling, your own groping thought and your own flowering perception.

इससे बड़ा और क्या मक़सद हो सकता है कि दुनिया को ऐसे उत्साह से भरे पल दिए जाएं जिनमें वह वर्तमान के दुखों और रोज़मर्रा की चिंताओं को भूलकर, हार्मनी की इस अनंत और पवित्र दुनिया में खो जाए...

For what mission can be greater than that of giving to the world hours of exaltation in which it may forget the misery of the present, the cares of everyday life and lose itself in the eternally pure world of harmony. . .

For what mission can be greater than that of giving to the world hours of exaltation in which it may forget the misery of the present, the cares of everyday life and lose itself in the eternally pure world of harmony. . .

मुझे उम्मीद थी कि आप विरोध करेंगे, लेकिन कृपया बहस मत कीजिए।

I had hoped you would protest, but please don't argue.

I had hoped you would protest, but please don't argue.

संगीत वह चमकता हुआ रास्ता है जिस पर चलकर कवि अपना गीत दुनिया तक पहुँचाता है।

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

[अपने विदाई संगीत समारोह में श्रोताओं से:] आपने मुझे हमेशा मेरी दी हुई चीज़ों से ज़्यादा दिया... आप ही वो पंख थे जिनकी बदौलत मैं उड़ान भर पाया।

[To the audience at her farewell concert:] You have always given me more than I gave to you ... You were the wings on which I soared.

[To the audience at her farewell concert:] You have always given me more than I gave to you ... You were the wings on which I soared.