Summary of the poem taj mahal written by rabindranath tagore line by line meaning
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In some ways the poem reminds me of Shelley's " Ozymandias" as both speak about the transience of life but while Shelley concentrates on the transience of power and glory and satirises Ozymandias by using the broken statue to show us that worldly power and glory are subject to degradation and decay , in Tagore's " Taj Mahal" , love , even worldly love if true will outlast the passing of time. The image of the Taj Mahal as " a tear drop" in the " cheek of eternity" is both enchanting and sad at the same time. In this poem, Tagore suggests that Shah Jehan was aware that power , wealth and glory, all fade away " in the current of time"...so Shah Jehan built the Taj Mahal " to perpetuate the sorrow of his heart" but wished to perpetuate his love( and grief at his beloved queens passing away) in this memorial, the Taj Mahal.
The king is no more and his empire has " vanished" like a dream, his musicians too have passed away but the symbol of his love , the Taj Mahal carries the " ageless" and timeless message of the Emperor's love. It is an " untarnished
love".
As Shakespeare suggests in sonnet 116 , true love survives time and death.
Tagore is just as aware as Shelley of the transience of life, but whereas Shelley concentrates on the futility and vanity of human ( Ozymandias's ) achievement, Tagore concentrates on the beauty of love as depicted in the image of the tear drop of the emperor captured in the form of the Taj Mahal , glittering on the " cheek of time ". Ozymandias shattered form shows that this emperor could not survive the ravages of time.
There is much more that can be said about Tagore's views on the transience of life and I am always reminded of his attitude to death in the lines: None lasts for ever, and nothing lasts for long
So keep this in mind and rejoice
We are very much aware about the acclaimed love that was shared between Prince Khurram and Arjumand Banu Begum. Everything started when Prince Khurram saw Arjumand Banu Begum in Meena bazar and experienced passionate feelings for her. The couple got hitched following 5 years thus. Shah Jahan adored Mumtaz more than some other spouse he had.
Along these lines, he favored that she went with him wherever he went. Meanwhile some place, Mumtaz communicated her desire to be buried in such a sepulcher, to the point that would make her everlasting even past her passing. While, going with Shah Jahan in to Deccan Plateau, Mumtaz kicked the bucket bringing forth their fourteenth child.
Shah Jahan, sorrowful, stayed faithful to his commitment and constructed Taj Mahal.
The landmark symbolizes love and unwaveringness yet brings back the recollections of Shah Jahan's crazy devotion towards his significant other's desire. The tale of how he lost his fortune and cash, how his child Aurangzeb held him captured in a room from where Shah Jahan could just observe Taj Mahal through its window while his child murdered every one of his siblings for the crown, how he passed on taking a gander at it, how he would never be the equivalent after Mumtaz's demise.
Some hard terms used so as to make the reader's vocab strong.