The shadow of dim delight...

The shadow of dim delight

 

I gave myself up for lost

in the depth of a glad humiliation

---in the shadow of a dim delight.

 

The repose of the sun-embroidered green gloom

slowly spread over my heart.

I forgot for what I had traveled,

and I surrendered my mind without struggle

to the maze of shadows and songs.

 

At last, when I woke from my slumber and opened my eyes,

I saw thee standing by me, flooding my sleep with thy smile.

How I had feared that the path was long and wearisome,

and the struggle to reach thee was hard!

 

GITANJALI

Offering songs by

Rabindranath Tagore

 

 

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