Gitanjali 73
Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace offreedom in a thousand bonds of delight.
Thou ever pourest for me the fresh draught of thy wine of variouscolours and fragrance, filling this earthen vessel to the brim.
My world will light its hundred different lamps with thy flame andplace them before the altar of thy temple.
No, I will never shut the doors of my senses. The delights of sight andhearing and touch will bear thy delight.
Yes, all my illusions will burn into illumination of joy, and all mydesires ripen into fruits of love.
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Gitanjali 73 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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