Word meanings of ‘Amanda’ poem are given in English as well as Hindi. These meanings will help in understanding the poem. You can visit other resources for this poem ‘Animals’ and other Class 10 English Poems by clicking here.
Animals – Word Meanings in English and Hindi
Poem: Animals
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are
So placid and self-contained
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
They bring me tokens of myself, they evince
them plainly in their possession
I wonder where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and
Negligently drop them?
Word Meanings
| Words | Meanings | Hindi Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| I could turn | I could change things | अगर बदल सकता |
| Placid | Having a calm appearance | शांत चित्त |
| Self-contained | self-satisfied, quiet and independent | अपने में ही संतोष करके खुश रहने वाला |
| Sweat | Perspire | पसीना बहाना |
| Whine | to complain in an annoying or crying voice | रिरियाना या चीखते हुए गुस्से में शिकायत करना |
| Sweat and whine | Crib or complain | हालात पर चिंता से या अत्यधिक काम की वजह से पसीना बहाना या अपने हालात पर शिकायती लहजे में रिरियाना। |
| Dissatisfied | Not satisfied | और की चाह में असंतुष्ट रहने वाला |
| Lie awake in the dark | Spend sleepless nights | रातों को जागना |
| Weep for sins | Feel sorry and repent or regret for wrong deeds committed | अपने गलत और पाप कर्मों पर रोना |
| Make me sick | Do not make me feel disgusted or | खिन्नता या घृणा महसूस कराना |
| Discussing | Preaching and giving lectures of obeisance toward God | ईश्वर संबंधी प्रवचन देना |
| Demented | Suffering from memory loss or mentally sick, behaving in a crazy and strange manner | पागलों की तरह |
| Mania | An extremely strong enthusiasm for something, Obsession, madness | किसी चीज की सनक या झक जी दिमाग में छा जाए ओर निकलती नहीं ओर आदमी उसी के चक्कर में पागल सा हो जाता है। |
| Kneels | bends down on knees to bow as a mark of respect | घुटनों के बाल झुकना |
| Nor to this kind | Look alike | एक जैसे दिखना |
| Lived thousands of years ago | Ancestors and forefathers | हजारों साल पहले रहने वाले हमारे पूर्वज |
| Respectable | Considered superior | सम्मानित एवं श्रेष्ठ |
| Unhappy | Worried about the destiny or fate | भविष्य को ले कर चिंतित |
| Over the whole earth | Life on earth i.e. The worldly life we live on earth | पूरी पृथ्वी पर या पूरे संसार में |
| Pass that way | Was once like that or had those things and qualities as a part of life | रास्ते में यानी समय के साथ – साथ छोड़ दिया या दे दिया किसी ओर को (जानवरों को) जो (मानव मूल्य) कभी हमारे थे यानी हम मानव के हुआ करते थे |
| Tokens | (Here – virtues) Symbols, signs | प्रतीक, चिन्ह के रूप में |
| Evince | Show and reveal the presence of | दिखाते हैं या उनमें ऐसा नजर आता है |
| Plainly | Clearly | स्पष्ट रूप से, साफ-साफ |
| Huge times ago | long-long ago | बहुत बहुत पहले के समय में |
| Negligently | Carelessly as it does not matter | लापरवाही से |
| Drop them | Lost then or did not care and so we don’t have now | छोड़ दिया, मतलब की वो मानव के सभ्य गुण छूट गए ओर अब हमारे पास नहीं हैं |
