One Hundred Poems of Kabir - Rabindranath Tagore

Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781604244311
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The poet Kablr, a selection from whose songs is here for the first time offered to English readers, is one of the most interesting personalities in the history of I ndian mysticism. Born in or near Benares, of Mohammedan parents, and probably about the year 1440, he became in early life a disciple of the celebrated Hindu ascetic Ramananda. Ramananda had brought to Northern India the religious revival which Ramanuja, the great twelfth-century reformer of Brahmanism, had initiated in the South...

Songs of Kabir

Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN: 3986774548
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
Songs of Kabir Rabindranath Tagore - Kabir lived in the 15th Century (1440-1518); born to Mohammadan parents; he came under the influence of the famous Hindu saint; Sri Ramananda and delved deep into the mysteries of Hindu mysticism. A true worshipper of God; he emphasized the purity of mind and selfless devotion to God. He openly opposed the weaknesses of both Hinduism and Islam.During his life time he composed many poems. They are usually two line couplets; known as dohas; recited by many scholars even today to denote some deep philosophical truths.All these songs of Kabir were translated into English by none other than Rabindranath Tagore; the mystic poet and the Noble Laureate; the first edition; published by The Macmillan Company; 1915; New York.This book shall prove to be an asset for the Kabir lovers who can't enjoy his writings in Hindi.

One Hundred Poems of Kabir - Tagore

Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher: Standard Publications Incorporated
ISBN: 9781604241488
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Kabir

Author:
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807095370
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
Originally published in 1976, with more than 75,000 copies in print, this collection of poems by fifteenth-century ecstatic poet Kabir is full of fun and full of thought. Columbia University professor of religion John Stratton Hawley has contributed an introduction that makes clear Kabir's immense importance to the contemporary reader and praises Bly's intuitive translations. By making every reader consider anew their religious thinking, the poems of Kabir seem as relevant today as when they were first written.

The Weaver's Songs

Author: Kabir
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143029687
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
Life and works of a Hindu saint poet.

The Kabir Book

Author: Kabir
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
"Few major achievements of world literature are as little known to Americans as the great ecstatic poetry of the Hindus and Sufis, as exemplified by the work of the 15th century master, Kabir. Irreverent while being intensely religious, Kabir seems incredibly playful in his taunting of the sacred dogmas of his time--to readers accustomed to the solemnity and ideological fidelity of most Western religious poems. Kabir has been translated into English only once before, by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill. Unfortunately, Tagore's Victorian English was simply not equal to Kabir's directness, spontaneity, and irreverent humor. Working from the Tagore-Underhill translation, Bly has done much more than retranslate into American diction. A noted poet himself, he has breathed new life into the work of a fascinating poet"--From back cover.

One Hundred Poems of Kabir

Author: Kabir
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description

Couplets from Kabīr

Author: Kabir
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120809352
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
The fifteenth century saint-poet Kabir's extempore outpourings of songs and couplets numbering thousands have been hailed widely for their deep spiritual fervour and poetic quality. They are widely read with rapture and regard by old and young alike in India. Kabir's couplets which are considered as rich gems for their spiritual message and worldly wisdom have not been rendered into English so far. Here are rhymed English verse translation of three hundred of them from a wide cross-section of the multifaced genius' utterances. Under each verse has been given a few lines in prose to help the reader grasp the underlying import of the message of the saint-poet.

Stories from Tagore

Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
The author of this book, Rabindranath Tagore, was a genius poet and thinker. This collection contains some of his most famous stories, like The Home-Coming, Once there was a King, The Child's Return, Subha, The Postmaster, and The Castaway. The author is a master of taking simple stories and adding complex plots, which are beautifully presented in the collection.

The Bijak of Kabir

Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199882029
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
Kabir was an extraordinary oral poet whose works have been sung and recited by millions throughout North India for half a millennium. He may have been illiterate and he preached an abrasive, sometimes shocking, always uncompromising message that exhorted his audience to shed their delusions, pretentions, and empty orthodoxies in favor of an intense, direct, and personal confrontation with the truth. Thousands of poems are popularly attributed to Kabir, but only a few written collections have survived over the centuries. The Bijak is one of the most important, and is the sacred book of those who follow Kabir.