Asha (Hope)
28. Poem 'Asha (Hope)' of the book Purabi (name of an Indian Raga played in the evening), written on board SS Andes on 19...
The Artist
4. Poem 'The Artist' - From the book 'Charrar Chhabi' (Picture in rhymes) written in 1938
Translator's Note: The number of songs composed by Tagore...
Patra
5. Poem 'Patra ' (Letter) in the book Punascha (Again). Written by Tagore in the early thirties of the twentieth Century.
Translator's note: "What is...
Ornate
6. Poem 'Janmadin' (Birthday) from the book 'Nabajatak' (Newborn) written on the seashore resort at Puri (Orissa) on the 79th birthday of the Poet...
Grief
7. Poem No: 18 of the book Sesh Saptak, written in 1935.
Translator's note: The following quote from the Poet's essay Dukkha (Sorrow) from his...
Birodh
12. Poem 'Birodh' (Strife) of the book 'Bithika' written at Santiniketan in 1935.
Translator's note: The Poet does not long for a Utopia, but considers...
Madhumay
9. Poem 'Madhumay Prithibir Dhuli' (Sweet is the Earth's dust) of the book AROGYA (Recovery) written on the 14th Feb. 1941, the year of...
Dedication
Dedicated to Arkya and Ayan
Both being my grandson
And Roshan and Toton, my nephews,
Hence my grandsons' MUs (Maternal Uncle)
Some growing among the Indonesia,
Some among the...
Sphulingo & Kanika
Translator's note: I am unaware of any other piece better capturing the solemnity and wonder of Nature, manifesting through its both macro and micro...
Tagore the Wag
Preamble: While Tagore was an embodiment of supreme dignity, spirituality and aesthetics, his mobility between that height and the mundane, including very refined practical...