I believe an old edition of this play was found in a used bookstore in SW Michigan during the summer I lived there with Martin and Fin, my little brother. I knew who Tagore was and wanted to sample him thanks to the influence of Michael Miley.

المسرحية مستوحاة من اسطورة هندية عن ارجونا المحارب الشجاع والذى نذر للالهه الا يعاشر امرأة لمدة 12 سنة وخلال تجواله فى البلاد يلتقى بفتاة محاربة "شيترا" وينبهر بها ويحبها ويريد الزواج منها فيعرف انها ابنة الملك ووريثة العرش ويخبره الملك ان احد اسلافه القداى كان لا ينجب وابتهل للالهه ان يرزق بابن ليك

A nice play based on the story of Arjuna and Chitrangada from Mahabharata. Princess Chitrangada, who was a warrior and was always brought up like a boy, falls in love with Arjuna but he, unaware of her true identity, rejects her for she was too ordinary and lacked feminine beauty. She then asks Mada

"Spurious fame spreads from tongue to tongue like the fog of the early dawn before the sun rises."
--Chitra by Rabindranath Tagore

Too True!

Arjuna:    I am eager to learn all about her.
  I am like a traveller come to
     a strange city at midnight. 
Domes and towers and garden-trees 
    look vague and shadowy, and the dull moan of the sea comes 
    fitfully through the silence of sleep.  Wistfully he waits for 
    the morning to reveal

Short and refreshing read. Soothing prose is the highlight of this play. Romance between Chitra and Arjuna was beautifully described.

A story of love's longing, of love's desperation, love's foolishness and finally, love's truth and dignity. No one tells it better than Tagore. Chitrangada, the beautiful daughter of Chitravahana, the King of Manipur, has been raised like a prince. She is strong and accomplished instead of feminine

The introductory statement in the Sanskrit version of the Mahabharata asserts that ‘The tree of the Bharata, inexhaustible to mankind as the clouds, shall be a source of livelihood to all distinguished poets.’ In hindsight, one realises the truth in such a prophetic statement made by Vyasa, given ho