Contents: Foreword. Proem. 1. The earth. 2. Japan. 3. China. 4. China (devotion to the Buddha). 5. The Child (Germany). 6. Siam (Thailand). 7. Africa. 8. Balindenton Fured (Hungary). 9. Ocean-maid (Bali/Indonesia). 10. Birthday in Persia (Iran). 11. Borobudur (Java). 12. Bangla of Gold (Bangladesh). 13. India-the Pilgrim point. 14. Symphony. 15. Korea (song of the conquered).

"In his own confession, Rabindranath was a 'Poet of the World.' He was a poet of the suffering humanity, too. His cry came unto all of them who suffered torture, humility and indignation, be they the Matabele people in South Africa (1893), Jalianwalabag victims in India (1919), the Abyssinian Wretcheds (1935) and the Chinese war victims in Sino-Japanese War (1939). His was the strongest voice of protest against any kind of 'Manichaen' ethics and 'geographical mortality' of the ruling people against the ruled all over the world. This made him the 'Great Sentinel' a la M.K. Gandhi as early as 1921. The poet's heart went, in all love and empathy, to those living in the 'lower depth' and the poems, translated in this volume, speak eloquently of this emotion." (jacket)