From: "The Birds"
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Original text:
The world has kissed my soul with its pain, asking for its returnin songs.
Translation:
Life kisses me with pain, let me repay it with songs
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) , Indian poet, litterateur, social activist, philosopher and Indian nationalist. His representative works include "Gitanjali", "Birds", "Sand in the Eyes", "Four People", "Family and the World", "The Gardener", "New Moon", "The Last Psalm", "Gola" ”, “Crisis of Civilization”, etc.
On May 7, 1861, Rabindranath Tagore was born into a wealthy aristocratic family in Calcutta, India. He was able to compose long poems and ode-style poems at the age of 13. He went to England to study in 1878 and returned to China in 1880 to specialize in literary activities. He served as the secretary of the Vatican Society from 1884 to 1911, and founded the International University in the 1920s.
In 1913, he became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for "Gitanjali". In 1941, he wrote "The Crisis of Civilization", his last words indicting British colonial rule and believing that the motherland would be independent and liberated.
Extended information:
"Birds" is a collection of poems written by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. It includes 325 beautiful untitled poems and was first published in 1916. The basic themes of these poems are mostly extremely common things, such as grass, fallen leaves, birds, stars, rivers, etc.
Because the poet is loyal to his own thoughts, has a keen insight into nature and society, and a wonderful pen that is good at expressing his heart, these short poems that look like a few words contain rich thoughts, profound philosophy, and express Create a fresh, lively, graceful and timeless style. "The Collection of Flying Birds" has been translated into multiple language versions around the world, playing a role in promoting the emergence and development of China's "Little Poetry Movement".
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - "The Collection of Flying Birds"