Rabindranath Tagore

[Gurudev] (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941 / Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency / British India)

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Rabindranath Tagore Poems

  • Clouds And Waves  Mother, the folk who live up in the clouds ...
  • A Moments Indulgence  I ask for a moment's indulgence to sit ...
  • Endless Time  Time is endless in thy hands, my lord. There ...
  • Baby's World  I wish I could take a quiet corner in the heart ...
  • Closed Path  I thought that my voyage had come to its end at...
  • Face To Face  Day after day, O lord of my life, shall I ...
  • Flower  Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I ...
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Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; his seemingly mesmeric personality, flowing hair, and other-worldly dress earned him a prophet-like reputation in the West. His "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. Tagore introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby ... more »

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  • ''“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
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    ― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
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  • ''“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.”
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    ― Rabindranath Tagore
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  • ''“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” ''
    ― Rabindranath Tagore
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  • ''“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
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  • ''“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.” ''
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  • AASHISH YADAV (11/15/2018 4:45:00 AM)

    Very nice helped me a lot

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  • anjali (11/13/2018 8:46:00 AM)

    very nice helped me a lot

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    very nice helped ne a lot

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  • Hari Krishnan (11/13/2018 6:33:00 AM)

    I liked the poem.It is a very good and important poem

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  • Durgamadhaba (11/6/2018 12:38:00 AM)

    Every old poet is outstanding

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  • Aditya (10/31/2018 9:34:00 AM)

    good poems guys.but there were little rhyming words you know.

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  • Sahilali (10/27/2018 6:52:00 AM)

    Very good poem

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  • Parthapratim Das (10/26/2018 11:44:00 PM)

    the poem named shrimati has not find your site

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  • ANOMOY S (10/20/2018 10:39:00 AM)

    Se im search ing for A PRAYER

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  • Santosh gupta (10/18/2018 1:54:00 AM)

    Very good poems

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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 ...

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