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 advise“
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 ‘Nabajatak' written on 12 Oct. m1938, 3 years before the Poet's death.
Translator's note: As per media report...
Hawk Maid
40. The Hawk Maid
The Hawk Maid depicts the inherent passion of the humans to perceive the origin of life which remains ever mysterious to...
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...
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...
Bhojon Bir
45. Poem 'Bhojon Bir' = (The Gluttonous Hero) of the book 'Prahasini' (=Satirist) written 3 years before the Poet's death in 1941 at the...