5 Timeless Independence Day Poems By The Best Poets Of India To Put You In The Patriotic Mood

5 Timeless Independence Day Poems By The Best Poets Of India To Put You In The Patriotic Mood

These patriotic poems are the perfect addition to your Independence Day celebrations.
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As we get all set to celebrate our 75th Independence Day, the patriotic fervour is best captured by these legendary Indian poets, whose words have inspired many in the past and still are an inspiration to all of us. These Independence Day poems will surely put you in the patriotic mood.

Where The Mind Is Without Fear 

Where the mind is without fear 

and the head is held high; 

Where knowledge is free; 

Where the world has not been 

broken up into fragments by 

narrow domestic walls; 

Where words come out from 

the depth of truth; 

Where tireless striving stretches 

its arms towards perfection; 

Where the clear stream of reason 

has not lost its way into the dreary 

desert sand of dead habit; 

Where the mind is lead forward by thee 

into ever-widening thought and action- 

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, 

let my country awake. 

– Rabindranath Tagore 

5 Timeless Independence Day Poems By The Best Poets Of India To Put You In The Patriotic Mood
Where the mind is without fear | Image: File Image
The Gift Of India 

Is there ought you need that my hands withhold, 

Rich gifts of raiment or grain or gold? 

Lo ! I have flung to the East and the West 

Priceless treasures torn from my breast, 

And yielded the sons of my stricken womb 

To the drum-beats of the duty, the sabers of doom. 

Gathered like pearls in their alien graves 

Silent they sleep by the Persian waves, 

Scattered like shells on Egyptian sands, 

They lie with pale brows and brave, broken hands, 

they are strewn like blossoms mown down by chance 

On the blood-brown meadows of Flanders and France. 

Can ye measure the grief of the tears I weep 

Or compass the woe of the watch I keep? 

Or the pride that thrills thro’ my heart’s despair 

And the hope that comforts the anguish of prayer? 

And the far sad glorious vision I see 

Of the torn red banners of victory? 

when the terror and the tumult of hate shall cease 

And life be refashioned on anvils of peace, 

And your love shall offer memorial thanks 

To the comrades who fought on the dauntless ranks, 

And you honour the deeds of the dauntless ones, 

Remember the blood of my martyred sons! 

– Sarojini Naidu 

5 Timeless Independence Day Poems By The Best Poets Of India To Put You In The Patriotic Mood
Vande Mataram | Image: File Image
Better Than Heaven 

Better than Heaven or Arcadia 

I love thee, O my India! 

And thy love I shall give 

To every brother nation that lives. 

God made the Earth; 

Man made confining countries 

And their fancy-frozen boundaries. 

But with unfound boundless love 

I behold the borderland of my India 

Expanding into the World. 

Hail, mother of religions, lotus, scenic beauty, 

and sages! 

Thy wide doors are open, 

Welcoming God’s true sons through all ages. 

Where Ganges, woods, Himalayan caves, and 

men dream God – 

I am hallowed; my body touched that sod. 

– Swami Yogananda Paramhansa 

Vande Mataram  

Mother, I bow to thee! 

Rich with thy hurrying streams, 

bright with orchard gleams, 

Cool with thy winds of delight, 

Dark fields waving Mother of might, 

Mother free. 

Glory of moonlight dreams, 

Over thy branches and lordly streams, 

Clad in thy blossoming trees, 

Mother, giver of ease 

Laughing low and sweet! 

Mother I kiss thy feet, 

Speaker sweet and low! 

Mother, to thee I bow. 

– Bankin Chandra Chatterjee 

Soaring Dreams  

Our’s is a land of sages, 

Known for bravery for ages. 

None can with it compete, 

Its culture none can beat. 

Whatever caste or religion, 

All live here in unison. 

With rivers, sweet fountains, 

it’s a land of high mountains. 

Its green forests are pretty, 

And are source of prosperity. 

Let’s for it work hard, 

For its safety, be on guard.  

– APJ Abdul Kalam 

We hope that these Independence Day poems stand as a reminder and help us to value this very special day.

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