Gitanjali 1912 is a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore. Translated into English by Tagore and published with a groundbreaking introduction by Irish poet W. B. Yeats Gitanjali is the collection that earned Tagore the 1912 Nobel Prize in Literature. When Yeats discovered Tagores work in translation he felt an intense kinship with a man whose work was similarly grounded in spirituality and opposition to the British Empire. For the Irish poet Tagores poems were at once deeply personal and essentially universal like a secret kept by all and shared regardless I have carried the manuscript of these translations about with me for days reading it in railway trains or on the top of omnibuses and in restaurants and I have often had to close it lest some stranger would see how much it moved me. Whether or not we admit it his words never fail to remind us to be human is to be vulnerable. Thou hast made me endless such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again and fillest it ever with fresh life. This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new. The essence of Gitanjali is humility. Written following the deaths of his wife and two children the collection unites poetry and prayer in search of peace. Grounded in Hindu tradition his poems remain recognizable to readers of all faiths and nations. His subjects are love and loss life and death belief and despair. Through them he approaches truth. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript this edition of Rabindranath Tagores Gitanjali is a classic of Indian literature reimagined for modern readers.