Vocation (poem)

Vocation (Bengali: বিচিত্র সাধ) is a poem written by Rabindranath Tagore. It echoes a child's ever-changing dreams for the future, the search for a vocation.[1]

Vocation
by Rabindranath Tagore
Original titleবিচিত্র সাধ
TranslatorUnknown
First published in1909
Country India
LanguageBengali
Subject(s)Child thoughts
PublisherOriginal - Unknown.
Translated - Ratna Sagar P.Ltd.
Published in English2006 (2006)
Media typeOriginal - Unknown.
Translated - Hardcover
LinesOriginal - Unknown
Translated - 36
PagesTranslated - 40-41

Plot

The poem describes a child's longing for the immense freedom he sees in the lives of those around him. When the gong sounds ten in the morning, he walks to his school and sees a great hawker crying "Bangles, crystal bangles!" and he wishes he could be a hawker. At four in the afternoon, while coming back from school, he sees a skillful gardener digging the ground and he wishes he were a gardener. When dusk falls his cruel mother sends him to bed and he sees an ever alert watchman through the window and he wishes he could be a watchman.[2]

References
  1. Macmillan Reference USA. USA: Macmillan. 1976. ISBN 978-0-02-865993-0.
  2. Daruwalla, Keki N. (2006). Poetry Magic. Ratna Sagar P.Ltd. pp. 40–41. ISBN 81-8332-175-5.
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