Gitanjali — Song 77
Gitanjali — Song 77
Rabindranath Tagore
I know thee as my God and stand apart—I do not know thee as my own and
come closer. I know thee as my father and bow before thy feet—I do not
grasp thy hand as my friend’s.
I stand not where thou comest down and ownest thyself as mine, there to
clasp thee to my heart and take thee as my comrade.
Thou art the Brother amongst my brothers, but I heed them not, I divide
not my earnings with them, thus sharing my all with thee.
In pleasure and in pain I stand not by the side of men, and thus stand
by thee. I shrink to give up my life, and thus do not plunge into the
great waters of life.
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Complete 103-poem English Gitanjali, translated by the author and published in 1912. · Translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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