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The Little Black Boy by William Blake 10+1 stanza Question Answer

 The Little Black Boy Poem Translation in Hindi (Lines 1-4) My mother bore me in the southern Wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, And I am black as if bereav’d of light. Explanation : A little black boy says, ‘My mother gave me birth in the forests of Africa. I am black in my body, but my soul is white and pure. The English child is as white as an angel, but I am as black as coal. It seems as if all light (whiteness) had been taken away from me.’ एक नन्हा-सा हब्शी (काले रंग का) लड़का कहता है, ‘मेरी माता ने मुझे अफ्रीका के जंगलों में जन्म दिया था। मेरा शरीर काला है, किन्तु मेरी आत्मा सफेद तथा पवित्र है। अंग्रेज़ बच्चा एक फरिश्ते जैसा सफेद है, किन्तु मैं एक कोयले की भांति काला हूं। ऐसा प्रतीत होता है जैसे सब प्रकाश (सफेदी) मुझसे छीन लिया गया हो।’ (Lines 5-8) My mother taught me underneath a tree And, sitting down before the heat of day, She took me on her lap and kissed me, And, pointing to the east began to say Explanation : The lit...