Beggarly Heart, Rabindranath Tagore: Summary & Analysis
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"Beggarly Heart" by Rabindranath Tagore is a contemplative poem that addresses the complexities of the human heart and the various emotions and states it can experience. The poem presents the heart as a metaphorical entity that undergoes different phases and conditions. Tagore calls upon a higher power or divine force to intervene during times of hardship, darkness, and confusion, and to bring solace, clarity, and guidance. "Beggarly Heart" by Rabindranath Tagore
When the heart is hard and parched up,
come upon me with a shower of mercy.
When grace is lost from life,
come with a burst of song.
When tumultuous work raises its din on all sides
shutting me out from beyond, come to me,
my lord of silence, with thy peace and rest.
When my beggarly heart sits crouched, shut up in a corner,
break open the door, my king, and come with
the ceremony of a king.
When desire blinds the mind with delusion and dust,
O thou holy one, thou wakeful, come with thy light and thy thunde…