Fruit-Gathering

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Gutenberg ID

6522

Title

Fruit-Gathering

Language

en

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A lyrical collection of poems and prose by Rabindranath Tagore exploring themes of love, loss, spiritual awakening, and the tension between worldly attachment and divine freedom. With imagery of nature, light, and silence, the work invites readers to find beauty in suffering and joy in surrender.

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Rabindranath Tagore's *Fruit-Gathering* is a profound collection of poems and prose that weaves personal introspection with universal spiritual truths. The work traverses the seasons of human existence, utilizing metaphors of flowers, fruits, light, and darkness to map the soul's journey from youthful bloom to mature fruitfulness. Central figures—the poet, the lover, the seeker, and the divine—appear in various guises, often confronting doubt, pain, and separation. Through narratives such as the gardener offering a winter lotus to Buddha, the beggar finding light in despair, and the boatman bringing a white rose to a waiting beloved, Tagore illustrates that grace arrives not through merit but through surrender. The text explores the paradox that defeat is often victory, silence is a form of song, and death serves as a passage to a higher reality. Tagore rejects material wealth in favor of spiritual richness, urging readers to shed the 'jewelled chain' of ego and embrace the garland of divine love. The collection emphasizes living fully in the present moment, trusting that the 'best' comes from divine hands even in the shadow of loss. Themes of freedom, the nature of love, and the acceptance of life's inevitable cycles permeate the work, inviting the reader to find joy in the simple act of gathering life's fruits, whether ripe or unripe, and to recognize the divine presence in both the light and the dark.

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• Poetry
• Translations