Rabindranath Tagore: “The world has…”

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The archive attributes this English wording to Gitanjali and files it under Indian Classical Philosophy. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.

About Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a Bengali poet, educator, and thinker—the first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature (1913). He founded Visva-Bharati to embody cosmopolitan learning rooted in Indian traditions.

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APA: Rabindranath Tagore. (n.d.). The world has kissed my soul with its pain, asking for its return in songs. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0470

MLA: Rabindranath Tagore. “The world has kissed my soul with its….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0470.

Chicago: Rabindranath Tagore. “The world has kissed my soul with its….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0470.

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The passage is attributed to Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali. The archive attributes this English wording to Gitanjali and files it under Indian Classical Philosophy. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.

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