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...
Karmafal
15. Poem: Karmafal (Recompense) of the book Kshanika (Momentary) written at the beginning of the 20th Century.
(Translator's note: It seems this poem was written...
Prasna
34. Poem: 'Prasna' (Question) of the book 'Parishash' (At End) written in the year 1932
O Lord, from age to age
The saints carried Thy message
To...
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...
Samanya Kshati
36. Poem: Samanya Kshati (Trifle Loss) written in 1899.
Blows the cold wind of winter
Along the river crystal clear
In the rural solitude a bit far
From...
Mukti
37. Poem Mukti (Liberty) of the book 'Palataka' (Fugitive) written around 1915.
Whatever the doctors adviseโ
Though it may not be wise
Keep open the windows
The wind...
Bloom
39. Poem: To Bloom .
[Translator's note: However much man may try to emulate God in creating beautiful things, his creations can never match God's....
Keno
16. Poem: Keno (Why) of the book โNabajatak' written on 12 Oct. m1938, 3 years before the Poet's death.
Translator's note: As per media report...