Religion

Gitanjali 24: If the day is done

by Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941

Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1912) · From Gitanjali (1912)

Religion

If the day is done, if birds sing no more, if the wind has flagged tired, then draw the veil of darkness thick upon me, even as thou hast wrapt the earth with the coverlet of sleep and tenderly closed the petals of the drooping lotus at dusk.

From the traveller, whose sack of provisions is empty before the voyage is ended, whose garment is torn and dustladen, whose strength is exhausted, remove shame and poverty, and renew his life like a flower under the cover of thy kindly night.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

MLA

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Gitanjali 24: If the day is done.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/23/.

Chicago

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Gitanjali 24: If the day is done.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/23/.

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