Bengali Poetry (Translated)

If it lives in feeling

 Whatever the matter may be,
 if it doesn't sit well with you,
 don't go searching for reasons why it doesn't,
 or even if you search for reasons,
 or even if you find them,
 don't keep convincing yourself
 that you ought to like it,
 even when you don't.
  
 In matters of liking,
 there's never any question of ought or ought not.
 What feels good, simply feels good.
 What doesn't feel good, simply doesn't.
 That's it, nothing more!
  
 Whatever keeps you from being well,
 no matter what it might be,
 don't make excuses for it
 to your own heart.
  
 You've tried in vain long enough!
 Now why not be well for a while?
  
 What the mind says may be wrong.
 What the heart feels is never wrong. 
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