他的诗中含有深刻的宗教和哲学的见解，在印度享有史诗的地位，代表作有《吉檀迦利》、《飞鸟集》、《眼中沙》、《四个人》、《家庭与世界》、《园丁集》、《新月集》、《最后的诗篇》、《戈拉》、《文明的危机》等。
5月7日是泰戈尔诞辰153周年纪念日，我们选取他诗歌中的一些经典名句与大家共赏。
* Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees.
忧愁在我心中沉寂平静，正如黄昏在寂静的林中。
* I cannot choose the best. The best chooses me.
我不能选择那最好的，是那最好的选择我。
* By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
采撷花瓣得不到花的.美丽。
* The furthest distance in the world，Is not between life and death. But when I stand in front of you，Yet you don't know that I love you.
世界上最遥远的距离不是生与死，而是我就站在你面前，你却不知道我爱你。
* Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sigh.
夏天的飞鸟，飞到我窗前唱歌，又飞去了。 秋天的黄叶，他们没有什麼可唱的，只是叹息一声，飞落在那里。
* Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
愿生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美。
* We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.
我们把世界看错了，反说它欺骗我们。
* You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.
你微微地笑着，不同我说什么话。而我觉得，为了这个，我已等待得久了。
* If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也失去了群星。
* What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.
你看不见你自己，你所看见的只是你的影子。
* The scabbard is content to be dull when it protects the keenness of the sword.
鞘安于钝，以护剑利。(via：Chinadaily)