Gitanjali 46
I know not from what distant time thou art ever coming nearer to meetme. Thy sun and stars can never keep thee hidden from me for aye.
In many a morning and eve thy footsteps have been heard and thymessenger has come within my heart and called me in secret.
I know not only why today my life is all astir, and a feeling oftremulous joy is passing through my heart.
It is as if the time were come to wind up my work, and I feel in theair a faint smell of thy sweet presence.
Words in this poem
- astir adv.
- Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed. [Pref. a- + stir.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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Gitanjali 46 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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