印度著名詩人Rabindranath Tagore 為Taj Mahal 寫過的詩：
This you used to know,lord of India,Shah Jehan:
life and youth,wealth and honor,floating in the current of time.
Only then inner painlives long- let it be.
Was this the path along which empire led
Power of a king,harsh thunderbolt
like evening's bloody passion; let it be absorbed at the feet of lassitude.
Only a deep sighswells eternally; let the sky be merciful:
this was the hope in your heart.
Built of gems,diamonds and pearls
like the magic shimmering of rainbows in empty horizons
let it be hidden.
Only let this one tear-drop
glisten pure upon the cheek of time,
this Taj Mahal.