Poetry– In Translation–Bengali
Translated from the original Bengali by Malati Mukherjee
The difficulty of the translator of poetry from an Indian language into English comes from the music of the words. As a reader, the translator is a sahrday in the world of rasa which Tagore dives into to find formless gems: ‘I have dived into the ocean of form’, he says, ‘in search of a formless gem.’
Reviewed by: Ipshita Chanda