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

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.

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.

Celebrating the Best of Urdu Poetry

Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9386057336
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
Maangey Allah se bas itni dua hai Rashid Main jo Urdu mein vaseeyat likhoon beta parh ley All Rashid asks of Allah is just one small gift: If I write my will in Urdu, may my son be able to read it. Urdu, one of the most widely used languages in the subcontinent, is, sadly, dying a slow death in the land where it was born and where it flourished. This definitive collection spans over 200 years of Urdu poetry, celebrating well-known and relatively unknown poets alike. It is essential reading for all who love Urdu verse and for all looking for the ideal introduction.

Knockings at My Heart

Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789351941064
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
*Contains never-before published poetry from one of India's most renowned laureates*Accompanied by black and white photography Knockings at my Heart is the first ever collection of Rabindranath Tagore's unpublished short poems - the autograph poems he started writing for the first time during his visit to China and Japan between 1916 and 1929. A Nobel laureate, Tagore was often requested by his admirers to write short poems while signing autographs. Influenced by the precision, depth, power and intensity of Japanese haiku poetry, Tagore's short poems are a tour de force, demonstrating his lyrical simplicity.

One hundred poems of Kabir

Author: Kabir
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 117770403X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore assisted by Evelyn Underhill.

In the Bazaar of Love

Author: Paul E Losensky
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184755228
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 141

Book Description
Amir Khusrau, one of the greatest poets of medieval India, helped forge a distinctive synthesis of Muslim and Hindu cultures. Written in Persian and Hindavi, his poems and ghazals were appreciated across a cosmopolitan Persianate world that stretched from Turkey to Bengal. Having thrived for centuries, Khusrau’s poetry continues to be read and recited to this day. In the Bazaar of Love is the first comprehensive selection of Khusrau’s work, offering new translations of mystical and romantic poems and fresh renditions of old favourites. Covering a wide range of genres and forms, it evokes the magic of one of the best-loved poets of the Indian subcontinent.