Religion
Fruit-Gathering 75: It was only the other day that I
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Fruit-Gathering (1916)
It was only the other day that I came to your earth, naked and nameless, with a wailing cry.
To-day my voice is glad, while you, my lord, stand aside to make room that I may fill my life.
Even when I bring you my songs for an offering I have the secret hope that men will come and love me for them.
You love to discover that I love this world where you have brought me.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Fruit-Gathering 75: It was only the other day that I.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/588/.
Chicago
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Fruit-Gathering 75: It was only the other day that I.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/588/.
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