This translation is based on a poem published by Visva bharathi in Kolkata.
Reflections on Selected Poems of Tagore
Reading Tagore's selected poems seems to bring us closer to Tagore. His heart is so deep and delicate. Poetry is small and exquisite, or magnificent. Tagore gave the world a lot of wisdom and enlightenment with his philosophy and spiritual world.
Tagore was a patriot, philosopher and poet, and his poems were full of love for the motherland. Compassion for women; Love for children. Where there is strong love, there is strong hatred. When everything he loves is violated, he will give a strong roar, and his love and hate will ripple around the world like waves.
In the poet's pen, we feel the joy of birds, the lightness of yellow leaves, the agility of running water, the beauty of the moon, the silence of swimming fish and the noise of animals. Nature is so beautiful; Life is so beautiful, and such beauty is eternal in the poet's pen!
Tagore left us not only literary wealth, but also a feeling that touched everyone! Indians say he was born in the bird's nest. His plays, novels, essays ... are full of poetry. His people love his natural and sincere poems. Farmers, fishermen and all laborers are singing Tagore's poems in the fields, at sea or in other places of labor, and they are marching at the pace of labor, expressing their joy and sadness.
Tagore is the poet most admired and loved by the Indian people. In order to deeply study India's own long and excellent culture, he went deep into the people, listened to myths, ballads and folk stories, and wrote wonderful poems in the simplest language.
From his poems, we can deeply understand how this great Indian poet loves his motherland with a long and excellent culture; Love the working people who love this country and love peace and democracy; Love the majestic and beautiful mountains and rivers of this country. Between the lines of these poems, we see Indian women holding lanterns and top cans and waving scarves; Indian workers and farmers sweat profusely in fields and roadsides; Indian musicians play piano and flute in gardens and ferries; Indian children jump and laugh with the waves on the beach and shore; Thunder and rain, trees and flowers in the tropics ... we seem to hear dense raindrops and smell rich flowers.
Tagore's poems are not as magnificent as Pushkin, as sweet as Heine, as angry as Byron, as romantic as Shelley. His poems are beautiful paintings, silent and harmonious. His artistic charm and broad ideas are beyond the reach of ordinary people. As a poet, novelist, artist and social activist, every poem of Tagore shines brightly. Let people in the secular world rush about for utilitarianism, fame and fortune, or even be possessed by jealousy and money, and their hearts can be detached and purified. Tagore's poems are full of vigor and vitality.
Although the poet has experienced many ups and downs and pains in his life, his philosophy and thoughts are brilliant, happy and universal. Taste Tagore's poems and approach Tagore, and we will be wiser and warmer. After reading Selected Poems of Tagore, you will benefit a lot!
Maybe busy people in the world will not pay attention to these poems that can only be savored. However, I believe his poems can touch our long-unsettled hearts; Once you calm down, you can really understand his poems.