Gitanjali 76
Day after day, O lord of my life, shall I stand before thee face toface. With folded hands, O lord of all worlds, shall I stand beforethee face to face.
Under thy great sky in solitude and silence, with humble heart shall Istand before thee face to face.
In this laborious world of thine, tumultuous with toil and withstruggle, among hurrying crowds shall I stand before thee face to face.
And when my work shall be done in this world, O King of kings, aloneand speechless shall I stand before thee face to face.
Words in this poem
- shall v. i.
- To owe; to be under obligation for. [OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen,]
- speechless a.
- Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Gitanjali 76 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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