Rabindranath Tagore Poems

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Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti wrote his first poetry collection at the age of 17. A friend wanted to surprise him and published his poems. Afterwards, he became one of the prominent figures of the region now known as Bangladesh. Tagore was noted for his folklore and local works. 10 lines about Rabindranath Tagore are much researched. We have compiled the highlights for you.

He published a total of seven volumes of poetry in a short time. Among them were his popular works The Golden Boat (Sonar Tari) and the famous Khanika.

Tagore was decades ahead of his time, and people all around the world adored his works. He was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for "his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West" for his widely praised book "Gitanjali," which was first published in 1910 and later translated and published into English in 1912. Rabindranath Tagore really became the first non-European to ever be awarded a Nobel Prize!

The most important point about Tagore's poems is that they were written in the dialects of the local people. He refused to write in the traditional language of India. Although this was very popular with ordinary people, scholars and critics who studied his work found it less acceptable.

Rabindranath Tagore poems

Waiting

The song I came to sing

remains unsung to this day.

I have spent my days in stringing

and in unstringing my instrument.

The time has not come true,

the words have not been rightly set;

only there is the agony

of wishing in my heart…..

—

Friend

Art thou abroad on this stormy night

on thy journey of love, my friend?

The sky groans like one in despair.

I have no sleep tonight.

Ever and again I open my door and look out on

the darkness, my friend!

—

Gitanjali

1.

Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through its melodies eternally new.

At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.

Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still

—

Clouds And Waves

Mother, the folk who live up in the clouds call out to me-

'We play from the time we wake till the day ends.

We play with the golden dawn, we play with the silver moon.'

I ask, 'But how am I to get up to you? '

They answer, 'Come to the edge of the earth, lift up your

hands to the sky, and you will be taken up into the clouds.'

'My mother is waiting for me at home, 'I say, 'How can I leave

her and come? '

Then they smile and float away.

But I know a nicer game than that, mother.

I shall be the cloud and you the moon.

I shall cover you with both my hands, and our house-top will

be the blue sky.

—

Flower

Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it

droop and drop into the dust.

I may not find a place in thy garland, but honour it with a touch of

pain from thy hand and pluck it. I fear lest the day end before I am

aware, and the time of offering go by.

Though its colour be not deep and its smell be faint, use this flower

in thy service and pluck it while there is time.

—

Give Me Strength

This is my prayer to thee, my lord---strike,

strike at the root of penury in my heart.

Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows.

Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.

Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might.

Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles.

And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love.

10 Lines About Rabindranath Tagore

He was born in a household of 14 children.

He left his city at the age of 14.

Rabindranath Tagore was popularly known as Gurudev. 

He was the first European holder of the Nobel Prize.

He was not just a poet but also a great philosopher, patriot, dramatist, painter, and humanist.

His wrote some famous novel like Gora, Raja and Rani, Binodini, Nauka Dubi.

The National Anthem, Jana Gana Mang of India was written by Rabindranath Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in 1913 For Gitanjali.

He also composed the National anthem of Bangladesh" Amor Shonar Bangla”. 

He took his last breath on 7th August. 1941 at the age of 80 years.

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