Reflections
Thursday, June 28, 2007
On the Nature of Love
The night is black and the forest has no end;
a million people thread it in a million ways.
We have trysts to keep in the darkness, but where
or with whom - of that we are unaware.
But we have this faith - that a lifetime's bliss
will appear any minute, with a smile upon its lips.
Scents, touches, sounds, snatches of songs
brush us, pass us, give us delightful shocks.
Then peradventure there's a flash of lightning:
whomever I see that instant I fall in love with.
I call that person and cry: `This life is blest!
for your sake such miles have I traversed!'
All those others who came close and moved off
in the darkness - I don't know if they exist or not.
We have trysts to keep in the darkness, but where
or with whom - of that we are unaware.
But we have this faith - that a lifetime's bliss
will appear any minute, with a smile upon its lips.
Scents, touches, sounds, snatches of songs
brush us, pass us, give us delightful shocks.
Then peradventure there's a flash of lightning:
whomever I see that instant I fall in love with.
I call that person and cry: `This life is blest!
for your sake such miles have I traversed!'
All those others who came close and moved off
in the darkness - I don't know if they exist or not.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Read this poem, this morning at 7:00 AM, when it was blissfully raining outside. A poignant strain, a few rain droplets, this poem by Tagore is enough to make you realize how much his poetry means, how saccharine, divine and true his words are....
Don't ask me why I am so much into posting poetry, related to love. 'Tis just that things are working that way...Stumbled into this poem of his, when I was browsing through my copy of "The great works of Rabindranath Tagore"...Fell in love with it...Since there are a few people, who according to me, appreciate this theme, I thought I could type it out here :)
P.S : Don't know why..Typing out this poem, with the same poignant strain ringing in my ears, gives me so much happiness :) Life's beautiful....
posted by Nithya at 9:41 PM
7 Comments:
And only Tagore can weave such magic with mere words... *runs off to read Gitanjali* :-)
I'd fall in love with that girl too!!
Reminds me of metro girl...and the girl in the bus..sigh
wow! that is so beautiful!!! loved it!
yes, i am one of those people who appreciate this theme!! keep posting such lovely poems! :-) am too lazy to go thru the entire book!
certain moments in life are beautiful, just meant to be enjoyed to the fullest extent! :-)
ok, no more philosophy...:-)
...there's a flash of lightning:
whomever I see that instant I fall in love with.
I call that person and cry: `This life is blest!
Flash, there is,
In my mind!
Didn't know that you have updated this.A poignant poem indeed.Conveys deep feelings.
Sathej
Good Work.
:)
i dare to trespass.
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