Long Veena Poems

This is a poem (Original Title “Mukti” in Bengali, which means “Freedom”) by India's Nobel-laureate poet, Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) - a poet, writer, playwright, composer, social reformer and painter. He was a man...

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Vasava –An untold Story                               ...

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The Boatman’s Song                                ...

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The Boatman’s Song                                ...

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Vasava 
An untold Story ………                              ...

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The Boatman’s Song                                ...

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Guarded by towering hills on the East 
And flanked by the Arabian Sea on the West
With its easterly shore of stretching sandy swell 
That lulls the restless waves to sleep, 
There is a land, my...

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Once upon a time there lived a dancer 
Shyama, a concubine of a feudal baron
Had a pretty girl Kanha, also a dancer
Quite excelled in playing of the Veena”s tune
Was mortified being Courtesan’s daughter
Sobbing, came to...

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Each morning when I rise before dawn
Before I open closed eyes I may see
The essence of my soul’s *etheric body
That dwells deeply inside of me.

As I look at my face in the mirror,
Or is my...

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          Down
     To his bare
  Bones. He was
A walking skeleton
Weeks before
  He became 
    BUDDHA 
 ...

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Unfinished Prayers
(Jiboner Jato Puja Holo Na Saara)
By Rabindranath Tagore

The prayers in my life
That remains undone, 
I know within, 
That they were not in vain.

The flowers that have fallen
Before they could bloom,
The rivers that have lost...

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The immaculate music from the Veena,
The luminous evening full moon,
The cool pleasant breeze,
The generous spring season,
The buzz of the honey bees,
near a cool pond with fresh water flowers, 
and I perceive everything
under the shelter of...

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