A PEARL FROM tAGORE'S GITANJALI!!!!

[Guest guest]

I drive down into the depth of the ocean of

forms, hoping to gain the perfect pearl of

the formless.

No more sailing from harbour to harbour

with this my weather-beaten boat.

The days are long passed when my sport

was to be tossed on waves.

And now I am eager to die into the

deathless.

Into the audience hall by the fathomless

abyss where swells up the music of toneless

strings I shall take this harp of my life.

I shall tune it to the notes of forever,

and, when it has sobbed out its last

utterance, lay down my silent harp at

the feet of the silent.

--from Gitanjali, translated by Rabindranath Tagore

 

PS I DEDICATE THIS POEM TO MY SOUL FRIEND BODHI AVASA - well, the

last time i talked to him on im he was travelling to bali! i hope all

is well with him!

 

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