Tagore Poetry: I asked of Destiny..

(“I asked of Destiny...”)

BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE

I asked of Destiny, “Tell me who with relentless hand pushes me on?”

Destiny told me to look behind.

I turned and saw my own self behind pushing forward the self in front.

Poetry June 1913.

(From March 2012 issue of Poetry magazine).

Tagore was introduced to English-speaking world in 1912 when Poetry magazine published his poem. He received Nobel Prize in 1913. This year is the centennial of that publication. Poetry republished some of Tagore's poems).