Gitanjali 14
My desires are many and my cry is pitiful, but ever didst thou save meby hard refusals; and this strong mercy has been wrought into my lifethrough and through.
Day by day thou art making me worthy of the simple, great gifts thatthou gavest to me unasked—this sky and the light, this body and thelife and the mind—saving me from perils of overmuch desire.
There are times when I languidly linger and times when I awaken andhurry in search of my goal; but cruelly thou hidest thyself from beforeme.
Day by day thou art making me worthy of thy full acceptance by refusingme ever and anon, saving me from perils of weak, uncertain desire.
Words in this poem
- didst
- , the 2d pers. sing. imp. of Do.
- anon adv.
- Straightway; at once. [OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), fr. AS. on in + an one. See On and One.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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Gitanjali 14 is in the public domain. This text is taken from Gitanjali (Song Offerings), a collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali, with an introduction by W. B. Yeats (India Society, London, 1912), Project Gutenberg ebook #7164; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
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