Sanskrit Translations for Gry Forsmann

It is the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance
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भंजनभयग्रस्तहृदयं न कदापि नर्तितुं शिक्षते

It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes a chance
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जागरणभयग्रस्तस्वप्नः न कदाप्यवसरमायच्छति

It is the one who will not be taken who cannot seem to give
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यो न दातुं शक्नोति सः न स्वीकृतः भविष्यति

And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live
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मृत्युभयग्रस्तात्मा न कदापि जीवितुं शिक्षते च

so always remember that we were born to die
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तस्माद्वयं मर्तुं जाताः इति सदैव स्मर