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...
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...
Bidaysambal
17. Poem: Bidaysambal (Sustenance for Passage) of the book 'Mahua' (a flower) written at Singapore on 19 August, 1927.
Translator's note: It is difficult to...
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...
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...
Guru Govind
19. Poem 'Guru Govind' of the book Katha (Legends) written in 1888.
Translator's note: Guru Govind Singh was the last and 10th Guru of...
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...
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...