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Song Offerings
by Rabindranath Tagore
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
This book is originally called Gitanjali, meaing "Song Offerings" - the poems are meant to be sung as spirituals, with Tagore playing his sitar. Although many of the poems are breathtaking, my favorite was this one, #114:
When Death at last at day'e end makes his way
towards your door
What riches will you give him on that day?
My life's full store,
Laying out before,
an empty farewell then I shall not say -
When Death at last to my door makes his way.
So many autumn and spring nights,
so many dusk and dawn delights,
So many feelings fill life's cup with rain -
so many fruits, so many flowers
touch my heart with all the hours
of joy and sorrow, light and shade again.
What riches I
have gained thereby,
on that last day to him I shall display -
when Death at last to my door makes his way.
When Death at last at day'e end makes his way
towards your door
What riches will you give him on that day?
My life's full store,
Laying out before,
an empty farewell then I shall not say -
When Death at last to my door makes his way.
So many autumn and spring nights,
so many dusk and dawn delights,
So many feelings fill life's cup with rain -
so many fruits, so many flowers
touch my heart with all the hours
of joy and sorrow, light and shade again.
What riches I
have gained thereby,
on that last day to him I shall display -
when Death at last to my door makes his way.