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Where the Mind is Without Fear

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;Where knowledge is

free;Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic

walls;Where words come out from the depth of truth;Where tireless striving

stretches its arms towards perfection:Where the clear stream of reason has not

lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;Where the mind is lead

forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--Into that heaven of

freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

--Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

 

 

Poems and Songs from Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali "I drive down into the

depth of the ocean""Ever in my life have I sought thee""The time that my

journey takes is long""The song that I came to sing remains unsung""Clouds heap

upon couds""In the deep shadows of the rainy July""On many an idle day have I

grieved over lost time."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A while back, when my mom came back from a visit to Bangladesh, she brought me

back a present from my uncle (my Chhotto Mama), who is a Bangla Professor at

Dhaka University. It was a book called "Selected Songs of Rabindranath Tagore".

It was filled with english translations of songs that I had grown up with. I was

delighted to finally know the meanings of all those songs. For those of you who

don't speak Bengali, or those of you who have never heard the original songs in

Bengali, I must warn you, a lot of the real meaning is lost in translation. As

with all great writers, these songs are best if read in the original language.

The songs are translated by Abu Rushd and published by Rabinda Charcha Kendra

of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Here are a few of my favorites.

 

"As my own eyes filled with tears...""The Earth of Bengal...""The moon's smile

has forsaken all restraint...""Even now I haven't seen him, only heard his

flute's note.""What is anxiety playmate?""On a rainy day the wind gets wild""My

days got restive of the golden cage""It is your beginning, this is my end-"

 

Here are 3 songs that I grew up singing. They are songs that probably all

Bengali children sing when they are little. They are about imagination, having

fun, and just being young.

"The rain has stopped and sun-light smiles on the clouds""In the rice-fields can

be seen today a hide and seek game""There is no one to stop me from getting lost

at anywhere at all."

Selected Poems by Rabindranath Tagore, Translated by William Radice

"The Golden Boat""Love's Question""Unending Love""Freedom-bound""The

Borderland-9""The Borderland-10"

William Radice does a woderful job of translating Tagore's words from Bengali to

English. I would recomend his books to all Tagore fans. Click on the titles to

order from Barnes and Noble.Selected PoemsSelected Short Stories

Rabindranath Tagore also wrote the National Anthem of Bangladesh: Amar Sonar

Bangla (My Golden Bengal)

I SLEPT AND I DREAMED THAT LIFE WAS ALL JOY.I WOKE AND SAW THAT LIFE WAS BUT

SERVICEI SERVED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT SERVICE WAS JOY--Rabindranath Tagore

 

 

 

 

 

Links to other Tagore pages and Information

Poems of Rabindranath Tagore - features three poems. Rabindranath Tagore

[eldred.ne.medioane.net] - short biography. Rabindranath Tagore [Krijasto] -

provides biography, bibliography, and selected list of works. Rabindranath

Tagore [school] - offers information on the Indian poet who won the Nobel in

1913. Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein - transcript of the conversation

in 1930. Tagore in the United States - gives history and perspectives on the

poet's relationship with the US. Tagore, Rabindranath - provides a photo and

links. Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941) - provides a dated list of works.

Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941), Nobel laureate - provides brief biography,

and text of a poem in both English and Bengali.

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