Selected Poems

This book, the fourth in the Oxford Tagore Translations series, brings together new translations of nearly 150 poems by Rabindranath Tagore, many of them translated for the first time. The poems cover the entire span of his life, and illustrate his work in many different poetic genres and forms.

List of Illustrations
Introduction	p. 1
The Suicide of the Star	p. 43
The Spring Wakes from its Dream	p. 45
Rahu's Love	p. 47
The Heart's Longings	p. 51
Song-Writing	p. 52
Memory	p. 53
Beyond the Sunset	p. 54
Brief Infinity	p. 55
Eternal Day	p. 56
Ocean Waves	p. 59
To Ahalya	p. 64
A Farewell	p. 67
The Golden Boat	p. 69
I Won't Let You Go	p. 71
Swaying	p. 77
To the Ocean	p. 82
The Heart's Yamuna	p. 86
Voyage Without End	p. 89
On a Moonlit Night	p. 92
Now Turn me Back	p. 95
The Various-Pictured	p. 100
A Plea	p. 102
Urvashi	p. 107
The Mirage	p. 110
The Lord of Life	p. 111
Beside the Sea	p. 113
Offering	p. 118
The Unphilosophical	p. 120
The Unknown Universe	p. 121
Affliction	p. 122
Devoured by the God	p. 124
Words and Rhythm	p. 132
After the Burning of Madana	p. 137
The End of the Year	p. 139
The Meeting of Karna and Kunti	p. 145
The Drunkard	p. 153
How Old is the Poet?	p. 155
Compensation	p. 157
Black Blossom	p. 160
The Poet	p. 162
Life	p. 165
Your Gesture	p. 166
The Nest and the Sky	p. 167
Athirst	p. 168
Change of Era	p. 169
Where the Mind is Without Fear	p. 170
The Poet's Science	p. 171
Death-Tryst	p. 172
Worship	p. 176
The Crazy Spring	p. 177
The Afar	p. 178
Dear Mother	p. 180
The Children by the Shore	p. 182
The Incense Longs	p. 184
Last Ferry	p. 185
The Holy Hour	p. 187
Renunciation	p. 188
Unnecessary	p. 189
The Coming	p. 191
The Miser	p. 194
Song: This Stormy Night	p. 196
Song: The Suit	p. 197
Song: When Life has Withered	p. 198
Song: Your Flute Plays in the Thunder	p. 199
Pilgrimage to India	p. 200
The Dishonoured	p. 203
Song: This is Why Your Joy	p. 205
My Song has Cast Off	p. 206
The Day I Go	p. 207
Song: This is No Sweet Game	p. 208
Song: The Night my Doors were Shattered	p. 209
Song: The Herds of Light	p. 210
Song: My Lamp Blown Out	p. 211
Supreme Farewell	p. 212
Song: The Cloud Says, 'I am Going'	p. 213
Song: From the Springs of Darkness	p. 214
The Evening Traveller	p. 215
The Picture	p. 217
The Restless One	p. 221
Repayment	p. 225
You and I	p. 227
The Flying Geese	p. 229
The Storm-Crossing	p. 232
Release	p. 237
Being Lost	p. 242
Dusk and Dawn	p. 244
Fulfilment	p. 247
Footsteps	p. 250
Gratitude	p. 253
The Skeleton	p. 255
Union	p. 257
The Exchange	p. 259
Hymn to the Tree	p. 260
Woman of the Sea	p. 263
Separation	p. 266
Woman Empowered	p. 267
The Incomplete	p. 269
The Question	p. 272
The Black Horse	p. 273
Death-Vanquisher	p. 276
Contemplation	p. 278
Flute-Music	p. 279
Beauty	p. 283
Death	p. 285
The Indifferent	p. 287
The Victor	p. 289
The Ancient Old Man	p. 290
The End	p. 293
Earth	p. 295
I	p. 300
Last Night	p. 303
On the Open Path	p. 306
Identity	p. 309
Africa	p. 311
Depletion	p. 313
When the Ravelled Thread of Dreams	p. 314
This is Freedom	p. 315
I Saw in the Twilight	p. 317
The Day my Consciousness was Freed	p. 318
On Every Side, She-Snakes	p. 320
Why?	p. 321
Sound	p. 324
A Decayed House, a Deserted Mansion	p. 327
The Drummers	p. 330
The Peacock's Gaze	p. 334
This Side and That	p. 337
Remnant	p. 341
Song: Ahead, the Sea of Peace	p. 342
The Romantic	p. 343
Gifts	p. 345
Comings and Goings	p. 346
Aquatic	p. 347
The First Force	p. 349
Sudden Death	p. 350
Impossible	p. 352
I Imagine	p. 354
Letter from Kalimpong	p. 357
In this Universe	p. 358
In the Grey Twilight Wedding-Hour	p. 360
When I Do Not See You	p. 361
Concord	p. 362
The Pall of the Self	p. 366
In the Vast Field of Creation	p. 367
They Work	p. 368
Sweet is This Heaven	p. 371
Song: The Supreme Man Now Comes	p. 372
On the Banks of the Rupnarayan	p. 373
The First Day's Sun	p. 374
Sorrow's Dark Night	p. 375
The Path of Your Creation	p. 376
Notes	p. 377
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