Line-by-line Bengali meaning and English explanation of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats
1. Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness,
Bengali Meaning:
তুমি এখনও অপবিত্রহীন নীরবতার নববধূ।
Explanation:
The speaker addresses the Grecian urn as a "still" (unravished or untouched) bride of quietness, meaning it remains pure and calm, untouched by time and chaos.
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2. Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,
Bengali Meaning:
তুমি নীরবতা ও ধীর গতির সময়ের পালিত সন্তান।
Explanation:
The urn is described as a child not born of noise or haste, but raised by silence and slow-moving time—symbolizing timelessness and peace.
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3. Sylvan historian, who canst thus express
Bengali Meaning:
বনানীর ইতিহাসবিদ, তুমি যা এত সুন্দরভাবে প্রকাশ করতে পারো।
Explanation:
The urn is like a woodland historian—its carvings narrate tales of ancient forest life and rituals more vividly than words.
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4. A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:
Bengali Meaning:
একটি ফুলে-ভরা কাহিনি, যা আমাদের কবিতার চেয়ে আরও মধুরভাবে বলে।
Explanation:
The urn’s depictions are more beautiful and expressive than poetic verses—they tell a story that words cannot capture fully.
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5. What leaf-fring’d legend haunts about thy shape
Bengali Meaning:
তোমার গঠনের চারপাশে কী পাতায় মোড়া কিংবদন্তি ভেসে বেড়ায়?
Explanation:
The speaker wonders what legendary story is illustrated on the urn’s surface, surrounded by leafy designs.
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6. Of deities or mortals, or of both,
Bengali Meaning:
এটা কি দেবতাদের, না কি মানুষদের, না কি উভয়েরই কাহিনি?
Explanation:
Is the scene on the urn portraying gods, humans, or a mix of both?
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7. In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?
Bengali Meaning:
টেম্পি উপত্যকা বা আর্কাডির সবুজ উপত্যকায় কি এই দৃশ্যের অবস্থান?
Explanation:
The speaker guesses whether the setting of the urn’s story is Tempe or Arcady—both idyllic places in Greek mythology.
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8. What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?
Bengali Meaning:
এই পুরুষেরা বা দেবতারা কারা? এবং কে এই অনিচ্ছুক কুমারীরা?
Explanation:
The speaker questions who the male and female figures are—especially the unwilling maidens, suggesting a chase scene.
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9. What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?
Bengali Meaning:
কি এই উন্মাদ ধাওয়া? আর কি এই পালানোর চেষ্টা?
Explanation:
10. What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?
Bengali Meaning:
কি এই বাঁশি ও ঢাকের শব্দ? কি এই বন্য উল্লাস?
Explanation:
The speaker notices the musical instruments and wonders whether a frenzied celebration or ritual is taking place.
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11. Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Bengali Meaning:
শোনা সুর মধুর, কিন্তু অশ্রুত সুর আরও মধুর।
Explanation:
The speaker begins a famous philosophical point: real music is lovely, but imagined or silent music (like that on the urn) is even more beautiful.
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12. Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Bengali Meaning:
তাই, কোমল বাঁশিগুলো, বাজতেই থাকো।
Explanation:
The speaker urges the silent pipes on the urn to continue "playing" eternally in the imagination.
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13. Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear’d,
Bengali Meaning:
ইন্দ্রিয়ের কানে নয়, বরং মনের কাছে আরও প্রিয়।
Explanation:
This music isn't heard with the ears, but with the soul—it is a deeper, more spiritual experience.
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14. Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:
Bengali Meaning:
তুমি আত্মার জন্য বাজাও সুর, যার কোনো ধ্বনি নেই।
Explanation:
The urn’s music is silent but speaks to the spirit—songs without sound that live in the imagination forever.
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15. Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave
Bengali Meaning:
ও সুন্দর যুবক, তুমি গাছের নিচে চিরকাল রয়ে যাবে।
Explanation:
The young man carved on the urn will always be under the trees, never moving—frozen in time.
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16. Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;
Bengali Meaning:
তোমার গান থামবে না, আর সেই গাছগুলিও কখনো পাতাহীন হবে না।
Explanation:
His song will never end, and the trees will never shed their leaves—symbolizing eternal youth and spring.
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17. Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,
Bengali Meaning:
সাহসী প্রেমিক, তুমি কোনো দিনই চুমু খেতে পারবে না।
Explanation:
A young man on the urn is close to kissing his lover, but never will—he is forever on the verge.
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18. Though winning near the goal yet, do not grieve;
Bengali Meaning:
লক্ষ্যের খুব কাছে এসেও তুমি হতাশ হয়ো না।
Explanation:
Although the kiss will never happen, the speaker advises not to be sad.
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19. She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
Bengali Meaning:
তুমি পরিপূর্ণ সুখ না পেলেও, সে কোনোদিন রূপ হারাবে না।
Explanation:
Even though the lover never attains his goal, the beloved will remain beautiful forever.
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20. For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Bengali Meaning:
তুমি তাকে চিরকাল ভালোবাসবে, আর সে থাকবে চিরসুন্দর।
Explanation:
Their love is eternal and untouched by time or decay—it will remain beautiful and unchanging.
Here is the full line-by-line Bengali meaning and English explanation of John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn", continuing from line 21 to the end:
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21. Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
Bengali Meaning:
আহ, আনন্দময় শাখাগুলো! যারা কখনোই তাদের পাতা ঝরাতে পারে না।
Explanation:
The speaker admires the tree branches on the urn—they're always full of leaves, never touched by autumn or decay.
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22. Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;
Bengali Meaning:
তোমরা তোমার পাতাগুলো হারাও না, আর বসন্তকেও বিদায় জানাতে হয় না।
Explanation:
The trees are blessed with eternal spring—they never say goodbye to youth, beauty, or new life.
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23. And, happy melodist, unwearied,
Bengali Meaning:
আর আনন্দময় সংগীতজ্ঞ, তুমি ক্লান্তিহীন।
Explanation:
The speaker now returns to the imagined musician, praising him as joyful and tireless.
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24. For ever piping songs for ever new;
Bengali Meaning:
তুমি চিরকাল নতুন গান বাজিয়ে চলেছ।
Explanation:
This musician will never stop playing, and the song he plays will always feel fresh and new.
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25. More happy love! more happy, happy love!
Bengali Meaning:
আরও আনন্দময় প্রেম! আরও আনন্দময়, আনন্দময় প্রেম!
Explanation:
The repetition emphasizes the never-ending joy and passion of love on the urn—unchanged and unspoiled by time.
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26. For ever warm and still to be enjoy’d,
Bengali Meaning:
যে প্রেম চিরকাল উষ্ণ থাকবে এবং উপভোগ করা হবে।
Explanation:
The love depicted on the urn will forever remain passionate and full of anticipation.
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27. For ever panting, and for ever young;
Bengali Meaning:
চিরকাল শ্বাস ফেলে ভালোবাসবে, আর চিরতরুণ থাকবে।
Explanation:
The lovers will remain youthful and breathless in love—frozen in an eternal moment of desire.
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28. All breathing human passion far above,
Bengali Meaning:
সব জীবন্ত মানবীয় আবেগ থেকে অনেক ঊর্ধ্বে।
Explanation:
Their love transcends real-life passion, which often fades or causes pain.
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29. That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy’d,
Bengali Meaning:
যে প্রেম শেষে হৃদয়ে গভীর দুঃখ ও বিরক্তি রেখে যায়।
Explanation:
Unlike human love, which can lead to sadness or emotional exhaustion, the urn’s love remains pure and ideal.
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30. A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.
Bengali Meaning:
একটি জ্বলন্ত কপাল এবং এক শুকিয়ে যাওয়া জিভ।
Explanation:
Human passion may leave behind feverish longing and unquenched thirst—unlike the timeless passion on the urn.
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31. Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
Bengali Meaning:
কে এরা, যারা উৎসর্গের উদ্দেশ্যে এগিয়ে আসছে?
Explanation:
Now the speaker shifts focus to another scene on the urn, where people seem to be part of a ritual procession.
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32. To what green altar, O mysterious priest,
Bengali Meaning:
হে রহস্যময় পুরোহিত, কোন সবুজ বেদীর দিকে যাচ্ছো তুমি?
Explanation:
He addresses a priest figure on the urn, wondering where the sacrifice is taking place.
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33. Lead’st thou that heifer lowing at the skies,
Bengali Meaning:
তুমি কি ঐ গরুটিকে নিয়ে যাচ্ছো, যে আকাশের দিকে তাকিয়ে ডেকে উঠছে?
Explanation:
A young cow (heifer) is being led to the altar, perhaps for sacrifice, making a mournful sound.
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34. And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
Bengali Meaning:
যার কোমল শরীর পুষ্পমালায় সজ্জিত।
Explanation:
The cow is decorated for a religious ritual, adding to the solemn beauty of the scene.
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35. What little town by river or sea shore,
Bengali Meaning:
কোন ছোট শহর নদী বা সমুদ্রের ধারে অবস্থিত?
Explanation:
The speaker wonders where this ceremonial group came from—some quiet town near water?
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36. Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel,
Bengali Meaning:
না কি পাহাড়ের ওপরে নির্মিত শান্ত দুর্গবিশিষ্ট কোনো শহর?
Explanation:
Or maybe the town lies on a mountain, peaceful and fortified?
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37. Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn?
Bengali Meaning:
এই পুণ্য সকালে কি শহরটি এই লোকেদের দ্বারা খালি হয়ে গেছে?
Explanation:
The people have left the town for the sacred ritual, leaving it deserted.
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38. And, little town, thy streets for evermore
Bengali Meaning:
আর, ছোট শহর, তোমার রাস্তাগুলো চিরকাল থাকবে নীরব।
Explanation:
Because the town is captured on the urn, it will remain forever silent and frozen in time.
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39. Will silent be; and not a soul to tell
Bengali Meaning:
চিরকাল নীরব থাকবে; আর কেউ থাকবে না ব্যাখ্যা করার জন্য।
Explanation:
No one will ever return to explain where the people went or why the streets are empty.
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40. Why thou art desolate, can e’er return.
Bengali Meaning:
কেন তুমি এত নির্জন — তা বলার জন্য কেউই আর ফিরে আসবে না।
Explanation:
The mystery of the town’s emptiness will remain unanswered, frozen in the art forever.
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41. O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede
Bengali Meaning:
হে অ্যাটিক (গ্রীক) পাত্র! সুন্দর ভঙ্গিমায় ভরপুর!
Explanation:
Now the speaker steps back to admire the whole urn—its Greek shape, design, and artistry.
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42. Of marble men and maidens overwrought,
Bengali Meaning:
যার গায়ে খোদিত মার্বেলের পুরুষ ও নারীরা।
Explanation:
The urn is decorated with intricate carvings of people in motion and emotion.
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43. With forest branches and the trodden weed;
Bengali Meaning:
যেখানে খোদিত আছে বনজ গাছের ডালপালা এবং পদদলিত আগাছা।
Explanation:
The carvings also include nature, like branches and grass trampled underfoot—showing lively, rustic scenes.
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44. Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought
Bengali Meaning:
হে নীরব আকৃতি, তুমি আমাদের চিন্তা থেকে বের করে নিয়ে যাও।
Explanation:
The urn’s beauty is so profound it makes one forget rational thinking—like meditation or deep wonder.
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45. As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!
Bengali Meaning:
যেমন অনন্তকাল করে; হে শীতল গ্রামীণ কাব্য!
Explanation:
Like eternity, the urn is eternal yet emotionless. The speaker calls it “cold pastoral”—beautiful but lifeless.
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46. When old age shall this generation waste,
Bengali Meaning:
যখন বার্ধক্য এই প্রজন্মকে ধ্বংস করবে,
Explanation:
When the current generation dies out with time...
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47. Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Bengali Meaning:
তুমি থেকে যাবে, অন্য কোনো দুঃখের যুগে।
Explanation:
...the urn will still remain, outliving human sorrow and change.
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48. Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say’st,
Bengali Meaning:
মানবজাতির বন্ধু হিসেবে, তখনও তুমি বলবে—
Explanation:
In the future, to other people and generations, the urn will still offer comfort and wisdom.
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49. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Bengali Meaning:
"সৌন্দর্যই সত্য, আর সত্যই সৌন্দর্য,— এটুকুই
Explanation:
The urn "speaks" a final philosophical message—beauty and truth are the same.
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50. Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Bengali Meaning:
তোমরা পৃথিবীতে যা জানো এবং যা জানার প্রয়োজন।
Explanation:
This is the ultimate truth according to the urn—and that’s enough for human understanding.
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