Show Yourself to My Soul: A New Translation of Gitanjali
Out of Bengal and the Hindu spiritual tradition comes a Nobel prize-winning mystical poet whose time for broad, popular acceptance has come. William Butler Yeats fell in love with these poems almost a 100 years ago, the Nobel Committee honored them with their literature prize in 1913 and just recently The Utne Reader cited Tagore as one of today's most overlooked spiritual writers. This new edition is important because its lyrical translation has been made from Tagore's original Bengali and...
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Out of Bengal and the Hindu spiritual tradition comes a Nobel prize-winning mystical poet whose time for broad, popular acceptance has come. William Butler Yeats fell in love with these poems almost a 100 years ago, the Nobel Committee honored them with their literature prize in 1913 and just recently The Utne Reader cited Tagore as one of today's most overlooked spiritual writers. This new edition is important because its lyrical translation has been made from Tagore's original Bengali and because it makes the entire collection of 157 Gitanjali, or "song offerings" available to a wider audience for the first time. Rabindranath Tagore wrote with the insight and emotion that so characterizes Kahlil Gibran, with the mystical passion that has made Jalaluddin Rumi so popular and with a simplicity and depth that remains fresh and attractive to today's seekers.Library JournalPoet and pacifist Tagore (1861-1941) is the mostly forgotten winner of the Nobel Prize in literature (1913). Certainly, no one questions his worthiness, but outside of the Bengali-speaking world, he wins very few readers. This work is a new translation of his most famous and popular work, the Gitanjali, a collection of almost na ve prayers to God in poetic form. After many years of Rumi and Rilke, American readers may be ready for the sweet insights of the Bengal poet. For most collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Come, show Yourself\ to my soul \ in ever-new ways. \ Come in scents, come in hues, \ come in songs. \ Let my body thrill with joy \ at Your touch. \ Come into my mind \ with nectar-laden joy. \ Come to my eyes \ so intent and longingly happy. \ Come into my life \ in ever-new ways. \ Come: \ pure, bright, pleasing. \ Come: \ beautiful, charming, peaceful. \ Come, O come \ in a wonderful arrangement. \ Come in sorrow, come in joy, \ come to my heart. \ Daily come in all my activities: \ Come when my work is done. \ Come into my life \ in ever-new ways. \ What guest was it\ who came to the door of my soul\ this autumn day?\ O my heart,\ sing out a joy-song!\ Let the blue sky's quiet sounds\ let the dew-laden anxiety\ find place today\ on the strings of your lute.\ Join in equal rhythm today\ with the harvest's golden song.\ Send your tune floating\ on the full river's pure stream.\ He has come!\ Look at His face in deep happiness.\ Come on!\ Open the door\ and go out with Him!
\ Library JournalPoet and pacifist Tagore (1861-1941) is the mostly forgotten winner of the Nobel Prize in literature (1913). Certainly, no one questions his worthiness, but outside of the Bengali-speaking world, he wins very few readers. This work is a new translation of his most famous and popular work, the Gitanjali, a collection of almost na ve prayers to God in poetic form. After many years of Rumi and Rilke, American readers may be ready for the sweet insights of the Bengal poet. For most collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.\ \
