Birth Story: English Translation
The
kid
asks
his
mum,
‘From
where
did
I
come,
Me
where
did
you
find?’
Holding
him
tight
in
an
embrace
In
tears
and
laughter
The
mum
replies,
‘You
were
in
my
mind
As
my
deepest
wish.
You
were
with
me
When
I
was
a
child
And
played
with
my
dolls.
When
worshiping
Shiva
in
the
morning
I
made
and
unmade
you
every
moment.
You
were
with
my
deity
on
the
altar
And
with
him
I
worshipped
you
too.
You
were
in
my
hopes
and
desires,
You
were
in
my
love,
And
in
the
hearts
of
my
mum
and
grand
mum.
I
don’t
know
how
long
You
kept
yourself
hiding
In
our
age
old
home
In
the
lap
of
the
goddess
of
our
family.
When
I
bloomed
like
a
flower
in
my
youth
You
were
in
me
like
its
sweet
smell
With
your
softness
and
sweetness
You
were
in
my
every
limb.
You
are
the
darling
of
all
gods
You
are
eternal
yet
new
You
are
of
the
same
age
as
the
morning
sun
From
a
universal
dream
To
me
you
came
floating
On
the
floods
of
joy
That
eternally
flows
in
this
world.
Staring
at
you
in
wonder
I
fail
to
unfold
your
mystery
–
How
could
one
come
only
to
me
Who
belongs
to
all?
Embracing
your
body
with
my
body
You
have
come
to
this
world
as
my
kid.
So
I
clasp
you
tightly
in
my
breast
And
cry
when
you
are
away
for
a
moment
I
always
remain
in
fear
I
may
lose
One
who
is
the
darling
of
the
world.
I
don’t
know
how
shall
I
keep
you
Binding
in
what
magic
bond.’
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (born May 7, 1861, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died August 7, 1941, Calcutta) Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter who introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit. He was highly influential in introducing Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of early 20th-century India. In 1913 he became the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.