Villanelle For Rabindranath Tagore Poem by Marieta Maglas

From Sanskrit, he freed the writing of songs and art

While spurning the resisting linguistic structures.

The lines of ‘Song Offerings' came from his pure heart.



In Bengal renaissance, he wouldn't stand apart.

To the West, he introduced the Indian culture.

From Sanskrit, he freed the writing of songs and art.



Yeats criticized his translation using the words' dart.

‘Sacrifice', from prior drama, made a rupture.

The lines of ‘Song Offerings' came from his pure heart.



‘Chokher Bali ‘ meant mourning on the widow's part.

Biology and physics infused his work's structure.

From Sanskrit, he freed the writing of songs and art.



He gave his Nobel Prize monies for the school's start.

Beyond the limits, he conceived a new culture.

The lines of ‘Song Offerings' came from his pure heart.



"Tagore Song" and ‘Baul' ballads kept his inner part.

‘Tin Sangi' and ‘ Se' along Goethe spread culture.

From Sanskrit, he freed the writing of songs and art.

The lines of ‘Song Offerings' came from his pure heart.



Poem by Marieta Maglas