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...
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...
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...
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...
Rabindranath Tagore’s Poem ‘Prarthana’ (Prayer) from the book “Naibedya” (Offering)
2. Poem 'Prarthana' (Prayer) from the book "Naibedya" ('Offering')Translator's note :I have restructured the Poet Rabindranath Tagore's own English translation of this poem which...
Duranta Asha – a Poem by Rabindranath Tagore
46. Poem 'Duranta Asha' (Desperate Hope) from the book 'Manasi'.
When the mad pining in heart
Sibilates like a snake to blurt,
With the fate's bondage
Thumps in...
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...
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...