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When the heart is hard and parched, come upon me with a shower of mercy.

When grace is lost from life, come with a burst of song.

When tumultuous work raises its din on all sides, shutting me out from beyond, come to me, God of silence with Your peace and rest.

When my beggarly heart sits crouched, shut up in a corner, break open the door, my God.

When desire blinds the mind with delusion and dust, O Holy One, come with Your light and Your thunder.

Rabindranath Tagore

 

About Rabindranath Tagore

Born in Calcutta  into a wealthy family, the son of the philosopher Debendranath Tagore, who studied in London, is today considered the most important poet of modern-day India. Tagore, along with Mahatma Gandhi is prized as the foremost intellectual and spiritual advocate of India's liberation from imperial rule.

Tagore was also a distinguished author, educator, social reformer and philosopher. In 1913 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and in 1915 he was knighted by the British king George V. He lectured worldwide and was in personal contact with renowned thinkers of his day from Europe and India.

Tagore's writings are highly imaginative, deeply religious and imbued with his love of nature and of his homeland, India.

For a full biography please visit Rabindranath Tagore - Profile

 

 

On the Shores of Eternity : Poems from Tagore on Immortality and Beyond
By Deepak Chopra
In this hauntingly beautiful volume, Deepak Chopra presents new English versions of poems by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, a lifelong source of inspiration for Chopra and the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
When Tagore writes, "Death, my death / Whisper to me! / For you alone have I kept watch day after day," romantic ecstasy surges through every word. For Tagore the soul was more real than any object, and he sang of death as a joyful voyage home to the eternity from which we sprang. In these poems we experience a dramatic alternative to the fearful Western view of death. Through the magic of Tagore's lyricism we begin to understand that by becoming familiar with death, and watching it grow closer, we can come to live fully in the present moment. As Tagore tells us so eloquently, "If you weep because the sun has gone out / Your tears may blind you to the stars."

 

Gitanjali : A Collection of Prose Translations Made by the Author from the Original Bengali
While traveling through one of the poorest regions in India, W. B. Yeats was amazed to discover the women in the tea fields singing the songs and poems of Rabindranath Tagore. This striking scene led the great Irish poet to appreciate the depth of India's far-reaching tradition of poetry and the fame of this one Indian poet. Tagore's work is without equal and plays an eminent role in twentieth century Indian literature.The publication of the English edition of Gitanjali in 1911 earned Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel Prize in literature. A collection of over one hundred inspirational poems, Gitanjali covers the breadth of life's experiences, from the quiet pleasure of observing children at play to a man's struggle with his god. These are poems that transcend time and place.

 

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