Religion

Gitanjali 10: Here is thy footstool and there rest

by Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941

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

Religion

Here is thy footstool and there rest thy feet where live the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.

When I try to bow to thee, my obeisance cannot reach down to the depth where thy feet rest among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.

Pride can never approach to where thou walkest in the clothes of the humble among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.

My heart can never find its way to where thou keepest company with the companionless among the poorest, the lowliest, and the lost.

MLA

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Gitanjali 10: Here is thy footstool and there rest.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/9/.

Chicago

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Gitanjali 10: Here is thy footstool and there rest.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/9/.

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