Gitanjali 32
By all means they try to hold me secure who love me in this world. Butit is otherwise with thy love which is greater than theirs, and thoukeepest me free.
Lest I forget them they never venture to leave me alone. But day passesby after day and thou art not seen.
If I call not thee in my prayers, if I keep not thee in my heart, thylove for me still waits for my love.
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Gitanjali 32 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.
Cite as: Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali 32, in Gitanjali (Song Offerings) (1912), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #7164, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/tagore-gitanjali/poem-32.html, id L27894.
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