The boat of the boatman Madhu is moored… It is uselessly laden with jute, and has… for ever so long. If he would only lend me his boat, I sh… hundred oars, and hoist sails, five or s…

The road is my wedded companion. She sp… day, she sings to my dreams all night. My meeting with her had no beginning, it… each daybreak, renewing its summer in fr… her every new kiss is the first kiss to…

On many an idle day have I grieved over… But it is never lost, my lord. Thou hast taken every moment of my life… Hidden in the heart of things thou art n… buds into blossoms, and ripening flowers…

I THE DARK In a worldless timeless lightless great… Four—faced Brahma broods. nasad asin, no sad asit tadanim; nasid raja no vioma paro yat.

I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit b… that I have in hand I will finish after… Away from the sight of thy face my heart… and my work becomes an endless toil in a… Today the summer has come at my window w…

When the heart is hard and parched up, come upon me with a shower of mercy. When grace is lost from life, come with a burst of song. When tumultuous work raises its din on a…

Bless this little heart, this white soul… heaven for our earth. He loves the light of the sun, he loves… mother’s face. He has not learned to despise the dust,…

You say that father write a lot of books… understand. He was reading to you all the evening, b… make out what he meant? What nice stores, mother, you can tell u…

Ah me, why did they build my house by th… They moor their laden boats near my tree… They come and go and wander at their wil… I sit and watch them; my time wears on. Turn them away I cannot. And thus my da…

Though the evening comes with slow steps… Though your companions have gone to thei… Though fear broods in the dark and the f… Yet, bird, O my bird, listen to me, do… That is not the gloom of the leaves of t…

Then finish the last song and let us lea… Forget this night when the night is no m… Whom do I try to clasp in my arms? Dre… My eager hands press emptiness to my hea…

Speak to me, my love! Tell me in words what you sang. The night is dark. The stars are lost in clouds. The wind is sighing through the leaves. I will let loose my hair. My blue cloa...

Lest I should know you too easily, you… You blind me with flashes of laughter to… I know, I know your art. You never say the word you would. Lest I should not prize you, you elude…