Gitanjali 84
It is the pang of separation that spreads throughout the world andgives birth to shapes innumerable in the infinite sky.
It is this sorrow of separation that gazes in silence all nights fromstar to star and becomes lyric among rustling leaves in rainy darknessof July.
It is this overspreading pain that deepens into loves and desires, intosufferings and joy in human homes; and this it is that ever melts andflows in songs through my poet’s heart.
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Gitanjali 84 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 84, in Gitanjali (Song Offerings) (1912), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #7164, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/tagore-gitanjali/poem-84.html, id L27946.
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