Gitanjali 5
I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by thy side. The works that Ihave in hand I will finish afterwards.
Away from the sight of thy face my heart knows no rest nor respite, andmy work becomes an endless toil in a shoreless sea of toil.
Today the summer has come at my window with its sighs and murmurs; andthe bees are plying their minstrelsy at the court of the floweringgrove.
Now it is time to sit quite, face to face with thee, and to singdedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.
Words in this poem
- shoreless a.
- Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean. Young.
- minstrelsy n.
- The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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Gitanjali 5 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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