Interview in Persia
(25 April 1932)

Your country is beautiful and your hospitality is overwhelming. I have had a most enjoyable time in all the places I have visited. […] I am gathering inspiration; I am sure when I leave Persia I shall carry home within my heart experiences which will be of permanent value to me. […]
Shiraz is lovely with birds, blossoms, trees and its springtime climate which I enjoyed very much. […] Those experiences (the visit of the tombs of Saadi and Hafez) have gone deep into my heart. You know I had my first introduction to Hafez through my father who used to recite his verses to me. They seemed to me like a greeting from a far away poet who was yet near to me.

Tagore im Majlis
(Iranisches Parlament),
Teheran, Iran, 1932