The Dog - A Rendering Of Rabindra Nath Tagore's Poem Poem by Ravi Kopra

The Dog - A Rendering Of Rabindra Nath Tagore's Poem



Every morning, my dog comes
and sits near my feet.
He likes company.
He likes to be touched, patted
and feels happy.
Among all animals
only this creature understands man
beyond all the evil and good in him.
For love he will sacrifice himself.
He will love for the sake of love
and show to the world what true love is.
When I see his deep devotion
his offering of himself,
I fail to understand why he does it.
He must have learnt somehow
what truth lies deep in man.
By his silent anxious looks
he cannot tell us what he knows.
But he has convinced me
he knows the true nature of man.

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The original:

Every morning this dog, very attached to me,
Quietly keeps sitting near my seat
Till touching its head
I recognize its company.
This recognition gives it so much joy
Pure delight ripples through its entire body.
Among all dumb creatures
It is the only living being
That has seen the whole man
Beyond what is good or bad in him
It has seen
For his love it can sacrifice its life
It can love him too for the sake of love alone
For it is he who shows the way
To the vast world pulsating with life.
When I see its deep devotion
The offer of its whole being
I fail to understand
By its sheer instinct
What truth it has discovered in man.
By its silent anxious piteous looks
It cannot communicate what it understands
But it has succeeded in conveying to me
Among the whole creation
What is the true status of man.

-Rabindranath Tagore

Wednesday, October 18, 2017
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Valsa George 09 June 2020

This is a beautiful version of Tagore's poem, imbibing its true essence. Yes, a dog expresses a love unmatched with the love in human beings. Its devotion and guileless affection to man is proverbial....! A lovely poem!

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