Tagore on Death
52. Poem No: 5 of the book Janmadine (On My Birthday) written in April 1940, shortly before the Poet's death in 1941
. We, in...
History in Poetry & Sagarika
Translator's note: Historians have recorded, interpreted and analyzed the historical events/developments. Tagore, through a number of his poems, has extracted and presented us hot...
Ora Kaj Kare
51. Poem: Ora Kaj Kare (They Toil) written in 1941 a few months before the Poet's death.
Along the indolent stream of time
My mind ferries...
Jogin-da
35. Poem: Jogin-da (Jogin the big brother) of the book 'Chharar Chhabi' (Pictures in Rhyme) written in 1937, 4 years before the death of...
Bansi
25. Poem 'Bansi' (Flute) of the book Parishesh (The End) written in 1932.
Translator's note: Many take Tagore as an aristocrat who was by succession...
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...
Apramatta
50. Poem 'Apramatta' (Un-frenzied) of the book 'Naibedya' (Offering) written in 1901 A.D.
The devotion, impatient with Thee,
Instantly yielding to dance and musical spree
In reverential...
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...