Tagore Da!

Recently I heard a song sung by the great poet and composer Ravindranath Tagore. The song was the famous Ekla Chalo re. The moment I heard it, I was completely hooked onto it. I read and re-read it, and even learned it entirely. Then I turned to his poems. We all have read and studied Tagore in the schools and colleges, but this was something else. He had such a personality, and the amount of work he did in his life was tremendous. I wish we had more like him today. I wish we had one more Tagor da today!

Here is one of his famous poems.

Baby's World

I wish I could take a quiet corner in the heart of my baby's very
own world.
I know it has stars that talk to him, and a sky that stoops
down to his face to amuse him with its silly clouds and rainbows.
Those who make believe to be dumb, and look as if they never
could move, come creeping to his window with their stories and with
trays crowded with bright toys.
I wish I could travel by the road that crosses baby's mind,
and out beyond all bounds;
Where messengers run errands for no cause between the kingdoms
of kings of no history;
Where Reason makes kites of her laws and flies them, the Truth
sets Fact free from its fetters.