rabindranath tagore’s poems are very good.
anyone who is interested in Indian literature should read his work.
an exemplar:
“let the earth and the water, the air and the fruits of my country be sweet,
my God.
let the homes and marts, the forest and the fields of my country be full,
my God.
let the promises and the hopes, the deeds and words of my country be true,
my God.
let the lives and hearts of the sons and daughters of my country be one,
my God.”
Re: an indian poet's work
Yes...you are right...his work 'Geetanjali' has won Nobel Prize.
Re: an indian poet's work
*"Light, my light, the world-filling light, the eye-kissing light, heart-sweetening light!
Ah, the light dances, my darling, at the centre of my life; the light strikes, my darling, the chords of my love; the sky opens, the wind runs wild, laughter passes over the earth.
The butterflies spread their sails on the sea of light. Lilies and jasmines surge up on the crest of the waves of light.
The light is shattered into gold on every cloud, my darling, and it scatters gems in profusion.
Mirth spreads from leaf to leaf, my darling, and gladness without measure. The heaven's river has drowned its banks and the flood of joy is abroad."
From **Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali.*
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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by Thee to ever-widening thought and action -
Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.
a Beautiful poem by Rabindranath Thakur/Tagore.actually is is well regarded in Bangladesh also. infact, he composed BD's national song "Amar Sonar Bangla"