
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Tagore! You are our poet, our identity, Our leader, our mentor, To whom we return At dark nights and in shining days. Tagore! You are a torch-bearer, A cool shade to trammeled millions. Wo/man you celebrate And we are your avowed followers Our land you inherit And make us tall Before the eyes of the world. Thousand miles of woes and wounds You walk alone with calm and poise, And we wonder how! You are a symbol of protest Against unreason, superstitions, Bordered minds, narrowed walls Of caste, creed, religion, language And we love you