object:1.rt - My Pole Star
author class:Rabindranath Tagore
book class:Tagore - Poems
subject class:Poetry
subject class:Philosophy
subject class:Mysticism
class:chapter
I have made you the pole star of my life
I shall never lose my way in this sea.
Wherever I go
You always shine in my view
And shed light from your anxious eyes.
Secretly in my mind
Your image is always alive
I lose my bearings
When I lose your sight
When my heart wants to stray
Along a wrong way
Your remembrance fills it with shame.
Standard translation
I have made You the polar star of my
existence; never again can I lose my way in the
voyage of life.
Wherever I go, You are always there to
shower your benefience all around me. Your face
is ever present before my mind's eyes.
If I lose sight of You even for a moment, I
almost lose my mind.
Whenever my heart is about to go astray, just
a glance of You makes it feel ashamed of itself.
Transcreation of the famous love song Tomarei koriachhi jibaner dhrubatara by Rabindranath Tagore. A recording of this song by Dwijen Mukherji is available.
Originally transformed into a devotional song or brahmo sangit from a small dedicatory verse addressed to the poets notun-bouthan (new sister-in-law), Kadambaridevi, the wife of his elder brother Jyotirindranath, it is now classified as a love song. Young Narendranath Dutta, a reputed singer who became Swami Vivekananda later in his life, once sang this song under the direction of the poet himself. Transcreation by Kumud Biswas.
Translated by Kumud Biswas
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