Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Stray Birds 81 - 90
81WHAT is this unseen flame of darknesswhose sparks are the stars?82LET life be beautiful like summer flowersand death like autumn leaves.88HE who..
© Rabindranath Tagore
Lover's Gifts Lviii: Things Throng And Laugh
Things throng and laugh loud in the sky; the sands and dust danceand whirl like children. Man's mind is aroused by their shouts; histhoughts long to..
© Rabindranath Tagore
Lover's Gifts Xix: It Is Written In The Book
It is written in the book that Man, when fifty, must leave thenoisy world, to go to the forest seclusion. But the poet proclaimsthat the forest..
© Rabindranath Tagore
When I Go Alone At Night
WHEN I go alone at night to my love-tryst, birds do not sing, the wind does not stir, the houses on both sides of the street stand silent.It is my..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Gardener Lv: It Was Mid-Day
It was mid-day when you wentaway .The sun was strong in the sky.I had done my work and sat aloneon my balcony when you went away.Fitful gusts came..
© Rabindranath Tagore
Stray Birds 81 - 90
81WHAT is this unseen flame of darknesswhose sparks are the stars?82LET life be beautiful like summer flowersand death like autumn leaves.88HE who..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Gardener Xliii: No, My Friends
No, my friends, I shall never be anascetic, whatever you may say.I shall never be and ascetic if shedoes not take the vow with me.It is my firm..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Recall
The night was dark when she went away, and the slept.The night is dark now, and I call for her, "Come back, mydarling; the world is asleep; and no..
© Rabindranath Tagore
Salutation
In one salutation to thee, my God,let all my senses spread out and touch this world at thy feet.Like a rain-cloud of Julyhung low with its burden of..
© Rabindranath Tagore
Sleep-Stealer
Who stole sleep from baby's eyes? I must know.Clasping her pitcher to her waist mother went to fetch waterfrom the village near by.It was noon. The..
© Rabindranath Tagore
One Day In Spring....
One day in spring, a woman cameIn my lonely woods,In the lovely form of the Beloved.Came, to give to my songs, melodies,To give to my dreams..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Gardener Xlvi: You Left Me
You left me and went on your way.I thought I should mourn for youand set your solitary image in myheart wrought in a golden song.But ah, my evil..
© Rabindranath Tagore
Lover's Gifts Lxx: Take Back Your Coins
Take back your coins, King's Councillor. I am of those women yousent to the forest shrine to decoy the young ascetic who had neverseen a women. I..
© Rabindranath Tagore
Lover's Gifts Xl: A Message Came
A message came from my youth of vanished days, saying, " I wait foryou among the quivering of unborn May, where smiles ripen for tearsand hours ache..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Gardener Iv: Ah Me
Ah me, why did they build myhouse by the road to the markettown?They moor their laden boats nearmy trees.They come and go and wander attheir will.I..
© Rabindranath Tagore
Stray Birds 91 - 99
91THE great earth makes herself hospitablewith the help of the grass.92THE birth and death of the leavesare the rapid whirls of the eddywhose wider..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Gardener Lvii: I Plucked Your Flower
I plucked your flower, O world!I pressed it to my heart and thethorn pricked.When the day waned and itdarkened, I found that the flower hadfaded, but..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Gardener Xi: Come As You Are
Come as you are; do not loiter overyour toilet.If your braided hair has loosened ifthe parting of your hair be not straight,if the ribbons of your..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Gardener Xiv: I Was Walking By The Road
I was walking by the road, I do notknow why, when the noonday was pastand bamboo branches rustled in thewind.The prone shadows with their..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Gardener Ix: When I Go Alone At Night
When I go alone at night to mylove-tryst, birds do not sing, the winddoes not stir, the houses on both sidesof the street stand silent.It is my own..
© Rabindranath Tagore
O Fool
O Fool, try to carry thyself upon thy own shoulders!O beggar, to come beg at thy own door!Leave all thy burdens on his hands who can bear all,and..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Further Bank
I long to go over there to the further bank of the river.Where those boats are tied to the bamboo poles in a line;Where men cross over in their boats..
© Rabindranath Tagore
The Source
The sleep that flits on baby's eyes-does anybody know from whereit comes? Yes, there is a rumour that it has its dwelling where,in the fairy village..
© Rabindranath Tagore
Lover's Gifts Xvi: She Dwelt Here By The Pool
She dwelt here by the pool with its landing-stairs in ruins. Manyan evening she had watched the moon made dizzy by the shaking ofbamboo leaves, and..
© Rabindranath Tagore
Lover's Gifts Xliii: Dying, You Have Left Behind
Dying, you have left behind you the great sadness of the Eternalin my life. You have painted my thought's horizon with the sunsetcolours of your..
© Rabindranath Tagore