Gitanjali 63
Thou hast made me known to friends whom I knew not. Thou hast given meseats in homes not my own. Thou hast brought the distant near and madea brother of the stranger.
I am uneasy at heart when I have to leave my accustomed shelter; Iforget that there abides the old in the new, and that there also thouabidest.
Through birth and death, in this world or in others, wherever thouleadest me it is thou, the same, the one companion of my endless lifewho ever linkest my heart with bonds of joy to the unfamiliar.
When one knows thee, then alien there is none, then no door is shut.Oh, grant me my prayer that I may never lose the bliss of the touch ofthe one in the play of many.
Words in this poem
- hast
- , 2d pers. sing. pres. of. Fave, contr. of havest.
- wherever adv.
- At or in whatever place; wheresoever.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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Gitanjali 63 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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