Poem of the day-16: "My Song" by Tagore

This song of mine will wind its music around you,
my child, like the fond arms of love.

The song of mine will touch your forehead
like a kiss of blessing.

When you are alone it will sit by your side and
whisper in your ear, when you are in the crowd
it will fence you about with aloofness.

My song will be like a pair of wings to your dreams,
it will transport your heart to the verge of the unknown.

It will be like the faithful star overhead
when dark night is over your road.

My song will sit in the pupils of your eyes,
and will carry your sight into the heart of things.

And when my voice is silenced in death,
my song will speak in your living heart.

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Poem of the day-5: 'Gitanjali'

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;

Where knowledge is free;

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;

Where words come out from the depth of truth;

Where timeless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way;

Where the mind led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action -

Into that haven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

- Rabindranath Tagore