I have only one prayer to offer to God, and it is that when I have been driven out of every society He will give me shelter at His own feet. - Rabindranath Tagore

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I have only one prayer to offer to God, and it is that when I have been driven out of every society He will give me shelter at His own feet.

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About Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known as Rabi Thakur, was a Bengali philosopher, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.

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Native Name: রবীন্দ্রনাথ
Alternative Names: Rabīndranātha Thākur Kabiguru Tagore Bishwakabi R. Tagore Rabindranat Tagor Bhanu Singha Thakur Gurudev Biswakabi Nyi Wang Gönpo Tagore, rabindranath Ravindranath Thakur
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আজিকে চাঁদ উঠবে প্রথম রাতে
নদীর পারে নারিকেলের বনে,
দেবালয়ের বিজন আঙিনাতে
পড়বে আলো গাছের ছায়া-সনে ।
দখিন-হাওয়া উঠবে হঠাত্‍ বেগে,
আসবে জোয়ার সঙ্গে তারি ছুটে-
বাঁধা তরী টেউয়ের দোলা লেগে
ঘাটের পরে মরবে মাথা কুটে ।

জোয়ার যখন মিশিয়ে যাবে কূলে,
থমথমিয়ে আসবে যখন জল,
বাতাস যখন পড়বে ঢুলে ঢুলে,
চন্দ্র যখন নামবে অস্তাচল,
শিথিল তনু তোমার ছোঁওয়া ঘুমে
চরণতলে পড়বে লুটে তবে ।
বসে আছি শয়ন পাতি ভূমে,
তোমার এবার সময় হবে কবে ?

In a letter dated 10 November 1937, Tagore explained the true story: ‘A certain high official in His Majesty’s service, who was also my friend, had requested that I write a song of felicitation towards the Emperor. The request simply amazed me. It caused a great stir in my heart. In response to that great mental turmoil, I pronounced the victory in Jana Gana Mana of that Bhagya Bidhata (Bengali pronunciation; “dispenser of destiny”) of India who has from age after age held steadfast the reins of India’s chariot through rise and fall, through the straight path and the curved. That Lord of Destiny, that Reader of the Collective Mind of India, that Perennial Guide, could never be George V, George VI, or any other George. Even my official friend understood this about the song. After all, even if his admiration for the crown was excessive, he was not lacking in simple common sense.’

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