The Gardener XXI: Why Did He Choose

Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)



Why did he choose to come to my
door, the wandering youth, when the
day dawned?
    As I come in and out I pass by him
every time, and my eyes are caught by
his face.
    I know not if I should speak to him
or keep silent. Why did he choose to
come to my door?
    The cloudy nights in July are dark;
the sky is soft blue in the autumn; the
spring days are restless with the south
wind.
    He weaves his songs with fresh
tunes every time.
    I turn from my work and my eyes
fill with the mist. Why did he choose
to come to my door?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Stanza Lengths 18

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore FRAS was an Indian polymath—poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. more…

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