I appreciate you sharing this, but I need to clarify: you've given me a title ("Excuse For Living") but no Bengali poem text to translate. To provide you with a literary translation, I'll need you to share: - The Bengali poem itself (the source text) - Ideally, information about the author and original publication context Once you provide the Bengali text, I'll translate it into English following the principles you've outlined — preserving voice, rhythm, imagery, and emotional resonance while maintaining all formatting and structure. Please paste the Bengali poem, and I'll get started.

They tripped me. I fell. Then I got up...
Blows below the waist cut deepest!
Pain. Cry out. But then I kept on.
If I leave, I don't look back. I just go!

I had. I lost. Nothing endures...
I wept with joy and sorrow both.
That one—he showed the price of it—
a crust of bread on an empty belly—the moment he turned away!

They lied to me. I forgave them from my depths.
I kept on. And I was smiling. Forgiveness saves…always!
All that mattered was that I was strong enough
to stay myself, not to break...

And I soared, and I fell from the sky...
Nothing could hold me then.
I was dancing in Heaven; also, I was burning in Hell.
He—Life—gave me every reason to go on living!