Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941 / Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency / British India)
Poems by Rabindranath Tagore : 11 / 215
Chain Of Pearls
Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck
with my tears of sorrow.
The stars have wrought their anklets of light to deck thy feet,
but mine will hang upon thy breast.
Wealth and fame come from thee
and it is for thee to give or to withhold them.
But this my sorrow is absolutely mine own,
and when I bring it to thee as my offering
thou rewardest me with thy grace.
Rabindranath Tagore
Submitted: Thursday, January 01, 2004
Read poems about / on: sorrow, mother, light, star
Poems by Rabindranath Tagore : 11 / 215
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But this my sorrow is absolutely mine own- Rabindranath Tagore
All happy families are alike but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion- Leo Tolstoy
taking the sorrow as the gift to the God! Tagore! You are too great!
I think this is one of Tagore's best works.