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...
Utsarga
38. Poem: Utsarga (Oblation) of the book ‘Senjuti' written in 1938.
From the cave of darkness deep
To the bright of the Sun I peep
Wonderstruck towards...
Prarthanatit Dan
21. Poem 'Prarthanatit Dan' (Gift Beyond that Begged) of the book Katha. (Legends) written in 1899.
Translator's note: So far I have read Sikh history,...
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...
Lordisaster
8. Poem No: 10 of the book Prantik (At The Border) written on 8 December 1937
[Translator's note: Following quote from the Poet's book Santiniketan...
Tomar Sristir Path
48. Poem 'Tomar Sristir Path' (Path of Thy Creation) written on 30th July, 1941. The Poet died on 7th August, 1941.
The path of Thy...
Tagore the Satirist
41. Poem Anadrita Lekhani (Neglected Pen) of the book 'Prahasini' (Satirist) in Bengali, written by the Poet in 1937.
The Editor's pursuit hounds me every...
Biswashok
3. Poem 'Biswashok' (The Universal Grief) of the book PUNASCHA (in Bengali) written in mid-thirties of the 20th Century.
Translator's note: When the child of...
Mukti
37. Poem Mukti (Liberty) of the book 'Palataka' (Fugitive) written around 1915.
Whatever the doctors advise“
Though it may not be wise
Keep open the windows
The wind...
Patralekha
26. Poem 'Patralekha' (Letter Writing) from the book Punascha (Again), written in 1933.
Translator's note: In this poem the poet depicts the frustration of a...