Upanishads & Folk · 1905
যদি তোর ডাক শুনে কেউ না আসে তবে একলা চলো রে
jodi tor ḍak śune keu na aśe tobe ekla cholo re
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“If no one answers your call, walk alone.”
मूल Original
যদি তোর ডাক শুনে কেউ না আসে তবে একলা চলো রে
Bangla, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
jodi tor ḍak śune keu na aśe tobe ekla cholo re
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
If no one answers your call, walk alone.
A thought about courage.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Rabindranath Tagore (1905) — public domain in India
The Upanishads' oldest questions, and songs that walked out of villages into history.
Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
When someone asks, “What does your T-shirt say?”
It's from 1905, in Bangla. It means: “If no one answers your call, walk alone.”
That's the whole idea. One line, and a conversation about something that has mattered for a thousand years.
If this stayed with you