It was many and many a year ago,

In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know

By the name of Annabel Lee;

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.


I was a child and she was a child,

In this kingdom by the sea:

But we loved with a love that was more than love--

I and my Annabel Lee;

With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven

Coveted her and me.


And this was the reason that, long ago,

In this kingdom by the sea,

A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling

My beautiful Annabel Lee;

So that her highborn kinsman came

And bore her away from me,

To shut her up in a sepulchre

In this kingdom by the sea.


The angels, not half so happy in heaven,

Went envying her and me--

Yes!--that was the reason (as all men know,

In this kingdom by the sea)

That the wind came out of the cloud by night,

Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.


But our love it was stronger by far than the love

Of those who were older than we--

Of many far wiser than we--

And neither the angels in heaven above,

Nor the demons down under the sea,

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:


For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darling--my darling--my life and my bride,

In her sepulchre there by the sea,

In her tomb by the sounding sea.

그것은 아주 오래전이었다,

바닷가 왕국속에서,

소녀가 거기에 살았다, 네가 아마 알겠지

애너벨 리란 이름을 가졌던.

그리고 이 소녀는 다른 생각이 없이 살았다,

나를 사랑했고 나로부터 사랑을 받았다는 일외에.


나는 어렸고 그녀도 어렸다,

이 바닷가 왕국에서;

그러나 우리는 사랑보다 더한 사랑으로 사랑하였다--

나와 애너벨 리는;

저 날개달린 하늘나라의 천사가

그녀와 나를 질투할 사랑으로.


그리고 이것이 바로 그 이유였다,

이 바닷가 왕국에서,

바람이 구름으로부터 불어왔다,

나의 애너벨 리를 차갑게 만들었던;

그래서 명문태생의 친척이 와서

나로부터 그녀를 빼앗아 갔다,

그녀를 무덤속에 가두려고,

바닷가 이 왕국안에.


천상에서 반만큼도 행복하지 못했던 천사들은,

그녀와 나를 질투하게 되었다--

그렇다!—그것이 바로 이유였다(모든 사람들이 알았듯이,

이 바닷가 왕국에서)

바람이 밤에 구름으로부터 와서,

나의 애너벨 리를 차갑게하고 숨지게 하였던 것이.


그러나 우리의 사랑, 이것은 훨씬 더 강했다,

우리보다 나이 많은 사람들의 사랑보다도--

우리보다 훨씬 현명한 많은 이들의 사랑보다도--

그리고 하늘위에 천사들도,

바다아래에 악마들도,

나의 영혼을 그 아름다운 애너벨 리의 영혼으로부터

끊어 버릴 수 없었다:


왜냐하면 달은 아름다운 애너벨 리의 꿈을

데려오지 않으면서 비추는 일이 없기에;

그리고 별들은 아름다운 애너벨 리의 밝은 눈을

내가 느끼지 않게하고 떠오르는 일이 없기에;

이리하여 밀물이 들어오는 밤새도록 나는 누워있다,

나의 사랑—나의 사랑—나의 인생 그리고 나의 신부곁에서,

바닷가 그곳 그녀 무덤에서,

파도소리치는 바닷가 그녀 무덤에서..

Summary of Where the Mind is Without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore Trisha on July 5, 2013

Where the Mind is Without Fear was included in the volume called ‘Naibedya’, the original poem bears the title ‘Prarthana’ meaning prayer. The poem is a prayer to God. The poem was written by Rabindranath Tagore during the time when India was under the British Rule and people were eagerly waiting to get their freedom from the British Rule. This poem had given a lot of strength to the people who were struggling for India’s independence. It is a prayer to the Almighty for a hassle free nation free from any kind of manipulative or corrupted powers. Go through the summary of where the mind is without fear!

Where the Mind is Without Fear Line by Line Summary

Rabindranath Tagore sketches a moving picture of the nation; he would like India to be. In lines 1-2, the poet pledges to the Almighty that his country should be free from any fear of oppression or forced compulsion. He wants that everyone in his country should be free to hold their heads high in dignity. He dreams of a nation where knowledge or education would be free that is education should not be restricted to the upper class only but everybody should be free to acquire knowledge. There should not be any caste distinctions or gender distinction when it comes to education. In the succeeding line,

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

Tagore, in his poem ‘Where The Mind Is Without Fear’ wishes for a world which is not ‘fragmented’ by prejudices based on caste, creed, color, religion or other baseless superstitions. Prejudices and superstitions should not divide the people in groups and break their unity (line 4). He wants a nation where people are truthful, not superficial and words should come out from the depth of their hearts (line 5). The sixth line of ‘Where The Mind Is Without Fear’ talks about the poet yearning for a country where people would strive without getting tired to reach perfection leaving behind prejudices and old traditions. In the next line, line 7, Tagore wants the power of reason to dominate the minds of his countrymen, he does not want the ‘stream of reason’ to be lost amongst outdated customs and traditions and only that can direct the mind towards selfless thoughts and everlasting action.