I have got my leave. Bid me farewell, my brothers! I bow to you all and take my departure. Here I give back the keys of my door—and I give up all claims to my house. I only ask for last kind words from you. We were neighbours for long, but I received more than I could give. Now the day has dawned and the lamp that lit my dark corner is out. A summons has come and I am ready for my journey.
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- Gitanjali (Song Offerings), 93; author’s English translation from Bengali; Complete public-domain prose poem 93. Full poem and title-page translation credit read. Farewell and gratitude in the imagery of departure; English rendering by Tagore himself, not W. B. Yeats, who wrote the introduction. Dis
- Gitanjali (Song Offerings), 93; author’s English translation from Bengali
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