#gitanjali

[sainiratansworld]

🔔 The Shraddha ceremony is an arbitrary practice, and it has been referred to as ignorance in the scriptures. In fact, in Chapter 16, Verses 23 and 24 of the Bhagavad Gita, it is stated that those who disregard the scriptural instructions and act according to their own will do not attain spiritual progress or any kind of spiritual benefit. Therefore, the scriptures are the ultimate authority.

[midnightmusings69]

With election results being announced soon, I thought it appropriate to share my hopes and dreams for my country in the words of Nobel laureate, Shri Rabindranath Tagore:

“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 it’s 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 led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action—

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.”

-Poem #35, Gitanjali

[b3ll-flow3r]

"This is my delight, thus to wait and watch at the wayside where shadow chases light and the rain comes in the wake of the summer. Messengers, with tidings from unknown skies, greet me and speed along the road. My heart is glad within, and the breath of the passing breeze is sweet. From dawn till dusk I sit here before my door, and I know that of a sudden the happy moment will arrive when I shall see. In the meanwhile I smile and I sing all alone. In the meanwhile the air is filling with the perfume of promise." Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali 44

[begottaum]

Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.

Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.

-- from Gitanjali, by Rabindranath Tagore

[culturevulturette]

From "Gitanjali"

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Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.

Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.

Rabindranath Tagore

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"Who are you, reader, reading my poems an hundred years hence? / I cannot send you one single flower from this wealth of the spring, one single streak of gold from yonder clouds. / Open your doors and look abroad."

Read the English translation here

Read The Gardener in English through Project Gutenberg here

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[pier-carlo-universe]

Una poesia intensa di Rabindranath Tagore racconta il mutamento della vita e il rifugio dell’amore. Recensione e testo completo su Alessandria today.

[worldmets]

Gitanjali Poetry by Rabindranath Tagore Bengali PDF

Gitanjali Poetry by Rabindranath Tagore PDF. Name of Book- Gitanjali Poetry (Bengali), Name of Poet- Rabindranath Tagore, Genre – Bengali Poetry Book, Book Format – PDF, PDF Size- 3 MB, Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Bengali Poetry Book Gitanjali. The Gitanjali poem was written by the writer and poet Rabindranath Tagore. He was a brilliant astrologer of Bengali literature. He was a novelist,…

[tipsandtricksforlife28]

"व्याकुल यह बादल की साँझ" Poem of Rabindranath Tagore | रवीन्द्रनाथ टैग...

[sainiratansworld]

♥️खुल गया राज गीता का ★🔥

[beauty-in-writing]

Clouds heap upon clouds and it darkens. Ah, love, why dost thou let me wait outside at the door all alone?

In the busy moments of the noontide work I am with the crowd, but on this dark lonely day it is only for thee that I hope.

If thou showest me not thy face, if thou leavest me wholly aside, I know not how I am to pass these long, rainy hours.

I keep gazing on the far-away gloom of the sky, and my heart wanders wailing with the restless wind.

[booksmets]

Rabindranath Tagore - Role & Contribution in Bengali Poetry

Rabindranath Tagore : Role and Contribution in Bengali Modern Poetry. What is the role and contribution of Rabindranath Tagore in Bengali modern poetry?  Rabindranath Tagore’s role and contribution to modern poetry in Bengali literature are immense and foundational. His impact extends beyond his poetry to encompass various literary, cultural, and educational dimensions. Here are key aspects of…

[waywordsstudio]

Review: "Gitanjali" by Rabindranath Tagore

Though the English translation is marred by earlier publisher tampering, this translation by the author remains a beautiful work of layered prayer and thought on peace and salvation.

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[pier-carlo-universe]

Tagore e il nostro tempo: cosa ci insegna oggi la poesia universale sull’amore e sulla connessione umana?. Alessandria today

La poesia di Rabindranath Tagore come ponte tra passato e presente: un messaggio di amore, umanità e speranza per un mondo diviso.

La poesia di Rabindranath Tagore come ponte tra passato e presente: un messaggio di amore, umanità e speranza per un mondo diviso. Rabindranath Tagore: il poeta dell’anima Rabindranath Tagore, nato a Calcutta il 7 maggio 1861, è stato una delle figure più iconiche della letteratura mondiale. Primo asiatico a vincere il Premio Nobel per la Letteratura nel 1913 grazie alla sua raccolta di poesie…

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FINAL RESULT: The majority of voters haven’t read this poem before, but enjoyed it. 😊

“Gitanjali 45” is a poem by Rabindranath Tagore, published in his collection of poetry, Gitanjali (Bengali: গীতাঞ্জলি, lit. ''Song offering''). From Wikipedia: “Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for Gitanjali’s English translation, Song Offerings, making him the first non-European and the first Asian and the only Indian to receive this honour.

The collection by Tagore, originally written in Bengali, comprises 157 poems, many of which have been turned into songs or Rabindrasangeet. The original Bengali collection was published on 4 August 1910. The translated version Gitanjali: Song Offerings was published in November 1912 by the India Society of London which contained translations of 53 poems from the original Gitanjali, as well as 50 other poems extracted from Tagore’s Achalayatana, Gitimalya, Naivadya, Kheya, and more. Overall, Gitanjali: Song Offerings consists of 103 prose poems of Tagore’s own English translations. The poems were based on medieval Indian lyrics of devotion with a common theme of love across most poems. Some poems also narrated a conflict between the desire for materialistic possessions and spiritual longing.

Rabindranath Thakur (Bengali: [roˈbindɾonatʰ ˈʈʰakuɾ]; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore 7 May 1861–7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of Gitanjali. In 1913, Tagore became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; where his prose and poetry were widely popular in the Indian subcontinent.

As a humanist, universalist, internationalist, and ardent critic of nationalism, he denounced the British Raj and advocated independence from Britain. As an exponent of the Bengal Renaissance, he advanced a vast canon that comprised paintings, sketches and doodles, hundreds of texts, and some two thousand songs; his legacy also endures in his founding of Visva-Bharati University. Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced) and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works, and his verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed—or panned—for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation. His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India's "Jana Gana Mana" and Bangladesh's "Amar Shonar Bangla". The Sri Lankan national anthem was also inspired by his work. His song "Banglar Mati Banglar Jol" has been adopted as the state anthem of West Bengal.”

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