Excerpts from Tagore's poems in Chinese and English Part I
at the seaside
coastland
On the seashore of endless world, children get together.
The infinite sky overhead stands still.
Unsteady water is noisy.
On the seashore of endless world
The children cheered and danced.
On the seashore of endless world, children get together.
The boundless sky above is still, and the endless sea is violent.
On the seashore of endless world,
Children get together, cheer and dance.
They build houses out of sand,
They play with empty shells.
They weave with withered leaves.
Their boat, let them float with a smile
On the vast deep sea
Children are playing on the playground.
World seaside.
They build houses with sand and play with empty shells.
They weave their boats with dead leaves,
Then let them float in the deep sea with a smile.
Children have their own games on the seashore of the world.
They don't know how to swim,
They don't know how to cast a net.
Pearl divers dive for pearls,
Businessmen are sailing on their ships,
When children collect pebbles,
And disperse them again.
They don't look for hidden treasures,
They don't know how to cast a net.
They don't know how to swim or cast nets.
Pearl divers dive for pearls, businessmen sail by boat,
The children picked up pebbles and scattered them all over the floor.
They don't look for treasures. They don't know how to cast nets.
The sea surged with laughter,
The smile on the beach glowed pale.
Deadly waves sing
Songs that are meaningless to children,
Even like a mother rocking a baby's cradle.
The sea plays with children,
The smile on the beach glowed pale.
The ocean is full of laughter,
What is pale and flashing is the smile on the beach.
The dangerous waves sang dance music to the children.
Meditate on mother's humming as she pushes the baby's cradle.
The sea plays with children,
What is pale and flashing is the smile on the beach.
On the seashore of endless world, children get together.
Storms wander in the pathless sky,
The ship was wrecked in trackless water,
Death is abroad and children are playing.
On the seashore of endless world
Children's big party.
On the seashore of endless world, children get together.
The storm roared in the pathless air,
The ship broke up in the water without a trace.
Death is everywhere and children are playing.
On the seashore of the boundless world, there is a grand meeting for children.
Excerpts from Tagore's poems in Chinese and English Part II
My song, my song.
My child, this song of mine will wrap its music around you like an arm of love.
My child, this song of mine will raise its music around you, just like the arm of love.
This song of mine will touch your forehead like a blessing kiss.
This song of mine will touch your forehead like a blessing kiss.
When you are alone, it will sit beside you and whisper in your ear; When you are in a crowd, it will shut you out.
When you are alone, it will sit beside you and whisper in your ear; When you are in a crowd, it will surround you and make you detached.
My song will be the wings of your dream, and it will take your heart to the edge of the unknown.
My song will be the wings of your dream, and it will take your heart to the other side of the unknown.
When the night covers your road, it will be like the faithful star overhead.
When the night covers your road, it will become a faithful star shining on your head.
My song will sit in your pupil and bring your sight into the heart of things.
My song will sit in your pupil again and bring your sight to the hearts of all things.
When my voice is silent in death, my song will be sung in your living heart.
When my voice is silenced by death, my songs will still be sung in my lively heart.
Chinese and English Excerpts from Tagore's Poems Part III
When the light disappears, when the day is over
If the day is over, if the time has passed,
If birds stop singing. Birds stop singing,
If the wind is exhausted and tired,
Please pull the thick curtain of darkness over me and cover me with the thick curtain of darkness.
It's like you're wrapping the earth
The cover of sleep is gently closed, just like you wrap the earth with a bed of sleep at dusk.
Lotus petals dripping at dusk. Gently close the petals of the water lily.
From the traveler, the journey is not over yet and the bag is empty.
Whose food bag was empty before the end of the voyage, whose clothes were torn and dirty, and people were exhausted.
You dispelled the humiliation and embarrassment of the passengers.
Whose strength is exhausted, get rid of shame and poverty, and make him in your kind night,
And glow with their own life under the flower-like vitality.
The cover of your kind night. Wake up on the night you love.
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