Author: Tagore
Original text:
The world kisses my soul with its pain, but asks for a song in return.
Translation:
Life kisses me with pain, and makes me sing in return.
Rabindranath Tagore (186 1 year-1941year) is an Indian poet, writer, social activist, philosopher and Indian nationalist. Representative works include Gitanjali, Birds, Sand in Eyes, Four People, Family and the World, Gardeners Collection, Crescent Moon Collection, The Last Poetry, Gola, Crisis of Civilization, etc.
186 1 On May 7th, 2008, Rabindranath Tagore was born into a wealthy aristocratic family in Kolkata, India. 13 years old, can write long poems and compose poems. 1878 went to study in Britain, 1880 returned to China, specializing in literary activities. 1884 to 19 1 1, secretary of the Vatican Institute, founded an international university in the 1920s.
19 13 years, together with gitanjali, he became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. 194 1 wrote his last words, Crisis of Civilization, accusing the British colonial rule, believing that the motherland would be liberated independently.
Extended data:
Birds is a collection of poems by Indian poet Tagore. It contains 325 beautiful untitled poems, first published in 19 16. The basic themes of these poems are mostly ordinary things, such as grass, fallen leaves, birds, stars, rivers and so on.
Because poets are faithful to their own thoughts, have keen insight into nature and society, and are good at expressing their hearts, these short poems, which seem to be few words, contain rich thoughts and profound philosophies, showing a fresh, lively, beautiful and meaningful style. Birds has been translated into many languages all over the world, which has promoted the emergence and development of "Poetry Movement" in China.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-birds