Shah Jahan (our day in Agra)

This fact you knew, Emperor of Ind, Shah Jahan,
That time's stream carries off life, youth, riches, renown.
Only your heart's grief
Could be eternal, that was your majesty's true belief.

Your royal might, adamantine,
Would fade into oblivion like the crimson of the setting sun;
Simply one great sigh
Would stay, forever-impassioned, rending the sky --
That was your prayer.

Diamonds, pearls, rubies glisten
Like the trickery of a rainbow on the empty horizon,
Soon to vanish like mist
Shedding just
One tear droplet
On the cheek of Time, shining and undefiled--
This Taj Mahal.

--Rabindranath Tagore


Today the group started out at 6am for Agra. We went to the Taj, then to Agra Fort and then to a marble shop. We then went to the mini taj and akbar's tomb. Now we are at an internet cafe- the shatabdi express is late as usual :) Our schedule has been packed the last couple days but expect more posts soon!