9 Soulful Rabindranath Tagore Poems You Should Read

9 Soulful Rabindranath Tagore Poems

"Every person is worthy of an infinite wealth of love - the beauty of his soul knows no limit." ― Glimpses of Bengal

9 Heart Touching Rabindranath Tagore Poems You Should Read

# 9 The Kiss

Two waves rise by the law of love
to break and die on two sets of lips.

# 8 Lost Time

I was tired and sleeping on my idle bed and imagined all work had ceased.
In the morning I woke up and found my garden full with wonders of flowers.

# 7 Lotus

I knew not then that it was so near, that it was mine, and that this perfect sweetness had blossomed in the depth of my own heart.

#6 Stream Of Life

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.

Rabindranath Tagore Poems 4 Stream Of Life

# 5 Hard Times

All that is past: your fears and loves and hopes;

All that is lost: your words and lamentation;
No longer yours a home nor a bed composed of flowers.
For wings are all you have, and the sky's broadening country yard,
And the dawn steeped in darkness, lacking all direction.
Dear bird, my sightless bird,
Not yet, not yet the time to furl your wings!

# 4 You Left Me

You left me and went on your way.

I thought I should mourn for you
and set your solitary image in my
heart wrought in a golden song.
But ah, my evil fortune, time is short.

# 3 Waiting

The song I came to sing remains unsung to this day.
I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument.

#2 On the Seashore

On the seashore of endless worlds, children meet.

The infinite sky is motionless overhead and the restless water is boisterous. On the seashore of endless worlds, the children meet with shouts and dances.

Rabindranath Tagore Poems 8 On the Seashore

#1 Gardner - Speak to me, my Love

"The night will pale. The day will
dawn. We shall look at each other's eyes and go on our different paths.
Speak to me, my love! Tell me in words what you sang"

Rabindranath Tagore Poems 9 Gardner - Speak to me, my Love

About Rabindranath Tagore

If you talk about essays, novels, songwriting, poems, short stories, drama, paintings he was all in one artist.
Bard means a Storyteller, verse-maker, and composer. Tagore was one of the gems of the Indian subcontinent and also called as the "Bard of Bengal." He is also known by names Gurudev, Kabiguru, and Biswakab
He devoted his life for literature and it is interesting to know that he did some paintings also at his late age. He gave new direction and reshaped Bengali music and literature.
In November 1913, He won Nobel Prize in Literature for his work -"profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse" - Gitanjali
Tagore was the second non-European after Theodore Roosevelt to receive a Nobel Prize.
It is interesting to know not only India (Jana Gana Mana) but Bangladesh(Amar Shonar Bangla) also chose his compositions to be their national anthem. Moreover, Srilankan anthem was also inspired by his work.
You will be amused to know that there are eight Tagore museums. Three in India and five in Bangladesh:
Tagore was a prolific composer with around 2,230 songs to his credit.
The songs written by him are known as rabindrasangit ("Tagore Song"), which merges fluidly into his literature, most of which—poems or parts of novels, stories, or plays alike—were lyricised.

You may check out his famous work Gitanjali -

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9 Soulful Rabindranath Tagore Poems You Should Read