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The lover of God / Rabindranath Tagore ; translated by Tony K. Stewart & Chase Twichell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941.
- Tagore, Rabindranath.
- Krishna (Hindu deity)--Poetry.
- Krishna (Hindu deity).
- Devotional poetry, Bengali--Translations into English.
- Devotional poetry, Bengali.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (164 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- [Port Townsend, Washington] : Copper Canyon Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Finally in English, Tagore's earliest poems--an erotic sequence between Lord Krisha and his young lover.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Note to Reader; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; On Translating Bhānu; The Poems of Sun Lion; 1. Spring at last! The amuyas flare (English) (Sanskrit); 2. You innocent (English) (Sanskrit); 3. He never came to me (English) (Sanskrit); 4. That jewel-dark blue becomes you, Lord (English) (Sanskrit); 5. Shake off that sadness, Rādhā! (English) (Sanskrit); 6. Come to me with a mouth full of words (English) (Sanskrit); 7. Listen, can you hear it? (English) (Sanskrit); 8. He's there among the scented trees (English) (Sanskrit)
- 9. A warm breeze frets through the woods (English) (Sanskrit)10. Your flute plays the exact notes of my pain (English) (Sanskrit); 11. High in the blossoming canopy (English) (Sanskrit); 12. I know who visits your dream, Dark One (English) (Sanskrit); 13. Not only is it dark, but clouds roar (English) (Sanskrit); 14. When we're together, nights like this delight me (English) (Sanskrit); 15. Don't talk about love to me, Mādhava (English) (Sanskrit); 16. When pitiless Mādhava left for Māthura City (English) (Sanskrit)
- 17. So many times, Lord, I have implored you (English) (Sanskrit)18. How long must I go on waiting (English) (Sanskrit); 19. You resemble my Dark Lord Śyāma (English) (Sanskrit); 20. Who are You, who keeps my heart awake? (English) (Sanskrit); 21. Who wants to hear the long, miserable story (English) (Sanskrit); 22. I've fallen from my life, friend (English) (Sanskrit); Postscript; Appendix: The Life of Bhānusimḥa Tḥākura; About the Translators; Acknowledgments; Copyright; Special Thanks
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61932-122-X
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