đBengali Meaning of An Astrologer's Day
English: Our friend felt piqued. "I charge only three pice per question, and what you get ought to be good enough for your money." Bengali: āĻāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧু (āĻ্āϝোāϤিāώী) āĻŦেāĻļ āĻ āĻĒāĻŽাāύিāϤ āĻŦোāϧ āĻāϰāϞেāύ। "āĻāĻŽি āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻি āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āϤিāύ āĻĒāϝ়āϏা āύিāĻ, āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāύি āϝা āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻĒাāĻŦেāύ āϤা āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻ āϰ্āĻĨেāϰ āĻŦিāύিāĻŽā§ে āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āĻাāϞো āĻšāĻā§া āĻāĻিāϤ।"
English: At this the other withdrew his arm, took out an anna, and flung it out to him, saying: "I have some questions to ask." Bengali: āĻāϤে āĻ āύ্āϝāĻāύ āϤাāϰ āĻšাāϤāĻি āϏāϰিā§ে āύিāϞেāύ, āĻāĻāĻি āĻāύা āĻŦেāϰ āĻāϰāϞেāύ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āĻুā§ে āĻĻিā§ে āĻŦāϞāϞেāύ: "āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻিāĻু āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāĻে।"
English: "If I prove you are bluffing, you must return that anna to me with interest." Bengali: "āĻāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি āĻĒ্āϰāĻŽাāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰি āϝে āĻāĻĒāύি āϧোঁāĻা āĻĻিāĻ্āĻেāύ, āϤāĻŦে āĻāĻĒāύাāĻে āϏুāĻĻāϏāĻš āĻāĻ āĻāύাāĻি āĻāĻŽাāĻে āĻĢেāϰāϤ āĻĻিāϤে āĻšāĻŦে।"
English: "If you find my answers satisfactory, will you give me five rupees?" "No." "Or will you give me eight annas?" Bengali: "āϝāĻĻি āĻāĻĒāύি āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻুāϞিāϤে āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻ āĻšāύ, āϤāĻŦে āĻি āĻāĻĒāύি āĻāĻŽাāĻে āĻĒাঁāĻ āĻাāĻা āĻĻেāĻŦেāύ?" "āύা।" "āύাāĻি āĻāĻĒāύি āĻāĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻ āĻāύা āĻĻেāĻŦেāύ?"
English: "All right, provided you give me twice as much if you are wrong," said the stranger. Bengali: "āĻ িāĻ āĻāĻে, āϤāĻŦে āĻļāϰ্āϤ āĻĨাāĻে āϝে āĻāĻĒāύি āϝāĻĻি āĻুāϞ āĻšāύ āϤāĻŦে āĻāĻŽাāĻে āϤাāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻুāĻŖ āĻĻেāĻŦেāύ," āĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻিāϤ āϞোāĻāĻি āĻŦāϞāϞ।
English: This pact was accepted after a little further argument. The astrologer sent up a prayer to heaven as the other lit a cheroot. Bengali: āϏাāĻŽাāύ্āϝ āĻিāĻু āϤāϰ্āĻেāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ āĻুāĻ্āϤিāĻি āĻৃāĻšীāϤ āĻšāϞো। āĻ āύ্āϝāĻāύ āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻি āĻুāϰুāĻ āϧāϰাāϞেāύ, āĻ্āϝোāϤিāώী āϤāĻāύ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻেāϰ āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝে āĻāĻāĻি āĻĒ্āϰাāϰ্āĻĨāύা āĻাāύাāϞেāύ।
English: The astrologer caught a glimpse of his face by the matchlight. There was a pause as cars hooted on the road... Bengali: āĻĻেāĻļāϞাāĻā§েāϰ āĻāϞোā§ āĻ্āϝোāϤিāώী āϤাāϰ āĻŽুāĻেāϰ āĻāĻ āĻāϞāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻĒেāϞেāύ। āϰাāϏ্āϤাā§ āĻাā§িāϰ āĻšāϰ্āύেāϰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻে āĻāĻ āĻŽুāĻšূāϰ্āϤেāϰ āϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāϤা āύেāĻŽে āĻāϞ...
English: The other sat down, sucking his cheroot, puffing out, sat there ruthlessly. The astrologer felt very uncomfortable. Bengali: āĻ āύ্āϝāĻāύ āĻুāϰুāĻ āĻাāύāϤে āĻাāύāϤে āĻāĻŦং āϧোঁā§া āĻাā§āϤে āĻাā§āϤে āϏেāĻাāύে āύিāϰ্āĻŽāĻŽāĻাāĻŦে āĻŦāϏে āϰāĻāϞ। āĻ্āϝোāϤিāώী āĻুāĻŦ āĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϏ্āϤি āĻŦোāϧ āĻāϰāϤে āϞাāĻāϞেāύ।
English: "Here, take your anna back. I am not used to such challenges. It is late for me today." Bengali: "āĻāĻ āύিāύ āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻāύা āĻĢেāϰāϤ āύিāύ। āĻāĻŽি āĻāϧāϰāĻŖেāϰ āĻ্āϝাāϞেāĻ্āĻে āĻ āĻ্āϝāϏ্āϤ āύāĻ। āĻāĻ āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻ āύেāĻ āĻĻেāϰি āĻšā§ে āĻেāĻে।"
English: The other held his wrist and said: "You can't get out of it now. You dragged me in while I was passing." Bengali: āĻ āύ্āϝāĻāύ āϤাāϰ āĻāĻŦ্āĻি āĻেāĻĒে āϧāϰāϞেāύ āĻāĻŦং āĻŦāϞāϞেāύ: "āĻāĻĒāύি āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻি āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦেāϰিā§ে āϝেāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻŦেāύ āύা। āĻāĻŽি āϝāĻāύ āϝাāĻ্āĻিāϞাāĻŽ āϤāĻāύ āĻāĻĒāύিāĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻে āĻেāύে āĻāύেāĻেāύ।"
English: The astrologer shivered in his grip; and his voice shook and became faint. "Leave me today." Bengali: āϤাāϰ āĻšাāϤেāϰ āĻŽুāĻ োā§ āĻ্āϝোāϤিāώী āĻেঁāĻĒে āĻāĻ āϞেāύ; āϤাāϰ āĻāĻŖ্āĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϰāĻ āĻেঁāĻĒে āĻāĻ āϞ āĻāĻŦং āĻ্āώীāĻŖ āĻšā§ে āĻāϞ। "āĻāĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻ āĻেā§ে āĻĻিāύ।"
English: The other thrust his palm in his face and said: "Challenge is challenge. Go on." Bengali: āĻ āύ্āϝāĻāύ āϤাāϰ āĻšাāϤেāϰ āϤাāϞু āĻ্āϝোāϤিāώীāϰ āĻŽুāĻেāϰ āϏাāĻŽāύে āĻŦাā§িā§ে āĻĻিā§ে āĻŦāϞāϞেāύ: "āĻ্āϝাāϞেāĻ্āĻ āĻŽাāύে āĻ্āϝাāϞেāĻ্āĻāĻ। āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰুāύ।"
English: The astrologer proceeded with his throat drying up: "There is a woman..." Bengali: āĻāϞা āĻļুāĻিā§ে āĻāϏা āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাā§ āĻ্āϝোāϤিāώী āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰāϞেāύ: "āϏেāĻাāύে āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āĻāĻেāύ..."
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