Gitanjali...

Gitanjali is one of the finest works of Rabindranath Tagore... for which he was awarded the NOBEL PRIZE...

Gitanjali embodies the essence of Tagore’s poetic spirit.

“They come with their laws and their codes to bind me fast;

but I evade them ever,

for I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands.”

(From Gitanjali page 10)

A famous excerpt from Gitanjali :

"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 into ever-widening thought

and action--

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

This is my prayer to thee, my lord--strike, strike at the root of

penury in my heart.

Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows.

Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.

Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees

before insolent might.

Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles.

And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will.."

with love.