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The Awakening of the Fountain (translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s ???????? ??????????, an ode to joy and awakening if ever there was one!) — Oh what music this morn Did the morning bird play! Seemed to float gently in From the skies far far away! I know not how A lost tune of that song Made…

Translation of the Rabindrasangeet, “Bojre tomar baje bashi”. The link to the original song by Rabindranath Tagore is here. It’s in the thunder, that your flute sings, It’s no ordinary melody that rings! To this tune shall I awaken, bless me with ears that can hear. I shall not be deluded this time, My soul…

Debotar Gras (The Divine Seize) by Rabindranath Tagore Across the lands, the news spread like rage To the confluence shall the priest go on his voyage. To undertake the sacred bath. Companions joined him from lands far and wide The young, the old, men and women – all gathered at his side. Two boats lay…