Author: Rabindranath Tagore

Hands cling to hands and eyes linger On eyes: thus begins the record of our Hearts. It is the moonlit […]

O you shaggy-headed banyan tree standing on the bank of the pond, Have you forgotten the little chile, like the […]

Tired of waiting, you burst your bonds, impatient flowers, before The winter had gone. Glimpses of the unseen comer reached […]

Ah, these jasmines, these white jasmines! I seem to remember the first day when I filled my hands with These […]

Things throng and laugh loud in the sky; the sands and dust dance And whirl like children. Man’s mind is […]

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day Runs through the world and dances in […]

I long to go over there to the further bank of the river. Where those boats are tied to the […]

In one salutation to thee, my God, Let all my senses spread out and touch this world at thy feet. […]

The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long. I came out on the chariot […]

Are you a mere picture, and not as true as those stars, true as This dust? They throb with the […]

My love, once upon a time your poet Launched a great epic in his mind. Alas, I was not careful, […]

‘Prisoner, tell me, who was it that bound you?’ ‘It was my master,’ said the prisoner. ‘I thought I could […]

Day after day, O lord of my life, Shall I stand before thee face to face. With folded hands, O […]

This song of mine will wind its music around you, my child, like The fond arms of love. This song […]

The road is my wedded companion. She speaks to me under my feet all Day, she sings to my dreams […]

Whey are those tears in your eyes, my child? How horrid of them to be always scolding you for nothing! […]

Life of my life, I shall ever try to keep my body pure, knowing That thy living touch is upon […]

If I were only a little puppy, not your baby, mother dear, would You say “No” to me if I […]

I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by thy side. The works That I have in hand I will […]

At midnight the would-be ascetic Announced: “This is the time to give up my Home and seek for God. Ah, […]

I dreamt that she sat by my head, tenderly ruffling my hair with Her fingers, playing the melody of her […]

Peace, my heart, let the time for The parting be sweet. Let it not be a death but completeness. Let […]

When she passed by me with quick Steps, the end of her skirt touched Me. From the unknown island of […]

“What comes from your willing Hands I take. I beg for nothing More.” “Yes, yes, I know you, modest Mendicant, […]

In the night of weariness Let me give myself up to sleep without struggle, Resting my trust upon thee. Let […]

Mother, I do want to leave off my lessons now. I have been at my Book all the morning. You […]

Say of him what you please, but I know my child’s failings. I do not love him because he is […]

I was not aware of the moment When I first crossed the threshold of this life. What was the power […]

The sleep that flits on baby’s eyes-does anybody know from where It comes? Yes, there is a rumour that it […]

When the two sisters go to fetch Water, they come to this spot and They smile. They must be aware […]