Religion

Gitanjali 58: Let all the strains of joy mingle

by Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941

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

Religion

Let all the strains of joy mingle in my last song—the joy that makes the earth flow over in the riotous excess of the grass, the joy that sets the twin brothers, life and death, dancing over the wide world, the joy that sweeps in with the tempest, shaking and waking all life with laughter, the joy that sits still with its tears on the open red lotus of pain, and the joy that throws everything it has upon the dust, and knows not a word.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

MLA

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Gitanjali 58: Let all the strains of joy mingle.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/57/.

Chicago

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Gitanjali 58: Let all the strains of joy mingle.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/57/.

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