Religion

Gitanjali 6: Pluck this little flower and take it

by Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941

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

Religion

Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it droop and drop into the dust.

I may not find a place in thy garland, but honour it with a touch of pain from thy hand and pluck it. I fear lest the day end before I am aware, and the time of offering go by.

Though its colour be not deep and its smell be faint, use this flower in thy service and pluck it while there is time.

MLA

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Gitanjali 6: Pluck this little flower and take it.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/5/.

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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Gitanjali 6: Pluck this little flower and take it.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/5/.

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