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Poetry · 1912

Gitanjali

Rabindranath Tagore

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Poetry · 1912 · Indian · Modern

Gitanjali

Rabindranath Tagore

Song offerings, self-translated into English prose-poems.

Devotional poetryLyricDevotionNatureFreedom

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Tagore's devotion is horizontal as well as vertical — 'where the mind is without fear' is a political prayer disguised as a hymn.

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