Farewell to India
The following is a prayer acknowledging god’s gifts to us, it can also be interpreted as a prayer acknowledging India’s gifts to us. The poem is written by the famous Indian poet Rabindranth Tagore…
Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.
This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.
At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.
Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.
The English version shown above is a prose translation written by the author. The original poem, first published in 1911, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1913. Tagore was the first non-European to receive that honor.
Ohm Namah Shivaya
Ohm Namah Shivaya
Ohm Namah Shivaya
Punar Milamah… May we meet again…_