Penguin Select Classics: Gitanjali (Original, Unabridged Classic)

Details: “If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life,
your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.”

Gitanjali is a collection of poems by the beloved Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. A true classic of world literature that left the readers mesmerised, and in 1913 earned Tagore the Nobel Prize in Literature. This collection of 103 poems is Tagore’s poetic reflection on the most important aspects of life, such as devotion, spirituality, love, and the universal human experience.

Rabindranath Tagore’s words hold the power to uplift a disheartened soul, bring peace where there is sorrow, and give wisdom where there is darkness. His poetry is timeless in its observations and messaging. Through the poems in Gitanjali, Tagore explores his deep love for God and humanity. With his gentle prose and soothing words, he speaks to inner turmoil of people, especially the yearnings to connect with the divine and the spirituality within the heart.

Originally composed in Tagore’s native Bengali, they were translated into English by W.B. Yeats, a coming together of two stalwarts of the literary world.