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This is my homage to possibly the greatest poet and writer
to walk this earth – Rabindranath Tagore

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#$+2/Bhogobaan, tumi jugey
jugey doot, pathayecho
baare baare/Lord, you have
sent your messengers
through the ages
For me, Rabindranath Tagore has always been a
true mingling of poetry and quiet introspection.
Marked as he was by great personal tragedy
(including the untimely deaths of beloved
children)and despite being maligned by many
through the course of his life, he remained
constant to his ‘religion of man’. He once
declared: “The basest of sins is to lose belief in
humans” . . . for they show a propensity for the
worst evil and yet the good in them also shines
the road to happiness. Faced with the horrors of
the Second World War and the ravages of
famine, he firmly expressed this faith: “That
humanity will prevail”.
He was a true citizen of the world and remained
above narrow hypocrisy and prejudice, choosing
instead to use his writing as a means of protest
when he saw the need. This poem appears in his
collection of poems Porishesh (In The End) and is
an example of the sense of disillusionment he felt
when confronted by human evils.
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Bhogobaan, tumi jugey jugey doot, pathayecho

baare baare

Doyaheen shongshaarey,

Tara boley gelo ‘Kshama koro shobey’ bole gelo

‘Bhalobasho

Antar hotey bidweshobish nasho’|

Boroniyo taara, smaraniyo taara, tobuo bahir-

dwaare

Aji duurdiney phiranu taader byartho

namoshkaare|

Ami je dekhechi gopono hingsha kapat

ratrichchaaye

Henechche nihshohaaye

Ami je dekhechiprokarheen shakter aporadhe

Bichaarer bani neerobe nibhritey kaNde

Ami je dekhinu tarun balak unmaad hoye

chchutey

Ki jontronay morechche, pathorey nishphal

matha kutey|

Kantho amaar ruddho aajikey, banshi sangeeet-

hara,

Amabashyar kara

Lupto korechche amaar bhuban duhswaponero

toley,

Tai to tomay shudhai ashrujoley–

Jaahara tomar bishaichche bayu, nibhaichche

tobo alo,

Tumi ki taader kshama koriyacho, tumi ki

beshechcho bhalo|

Why, I ask

Lord, you have sent your messengers through

the ages

To this pitiless world

They have said ‘Forgive thy enemies,’ they have

said ‘Love them–

Defeat this bitter hatred that lurks within you’|

They are to be revered, they are to be

remembered,

and yet today, in this terrible hour

I have turned them away from my door with polite

rejection

For I have seen the horror of of insidious malice

wreak vengeance

On the meek, under cover of this delusive night

And witnessed the voice of justice silenced,

doomed to weep

In the face of tyranny

For I have also seen the senseless death of

innocent youth maddened by turmoil

As they beat their heads in impotent rage against

the stony walls of Fate

My voice is stilled today, muted lies my flute,

This darkness confines

My world under a weight of nightmarish

proportions

That is why I need to ask of you today,

Have you forgiven them, Oh Lord, those that

make rank the air

Do you love them too, those that have darkened

the world

Listen: Bidyut Saha

at http://www.youtu.be/UAn8GxjUUtE

In Rabindranath Tagore’s own voice

at http://www.youtu.be/GQeaBOkEalg

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gautam benegal on January 13, 2012 at

7:29 pm

Oh yes…this is a good translation.

rumachak on January 14, 2012 at 2:25 am

Thanks GB

bishakhamajum on September 9, 2012 at

10:34 am

The poem reminds ma of my childhood

days…my father used to recite this
poem every night when we were in
bed…..thanks Ruma…good translation.

bishakhamajum on September 9,
2012 at 10:51 am

This poem reminds me of my

childhood days….my baba used to
recite this poem every night when
we were in bed…thanks
Ruma……..a good translation.

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