Gitanjali 58
Let all the strains of joy mingle in my last song—the joy that makesthe earth flow over in the riotous excess of the grass, the joy thatsets the twin brothers, life and death, dancing over the wide world,the joy that sweeps in with the tempest, shaking and waking all lifewith laughter, the joy that sits still with its tears on the open redlotus of pain, and the joy that throws everything it has upon the dust,and knows not a word.
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Gitanjali 58 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 58, in Gitanjali (Song Offerings) (1912), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #7164, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/tagore-gitanjali/poem-58.html, id L27920.
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