Fireflies 217 - 224 [German translation]

217

Let me not grope in vain in the dark

but keep my mind still in the faith

that the day will break

and truth will appear

in its simplicity.

218

Through the silent night

I hear the returning vagrant hopes of the morning

knock at my heart.

219

My new love comes

bringing to me the eternal wealth of the old.

220

The earth gazes at the moon and wonders

that she should have all her music in her smile.

221

Day with its glare of curiosity

puts the stars to flight.

222

My mind has its true union with thee, O sky,

at the window which is mine own,

and not in the open

where thou hast thy sole kingdom.

223

Man claims God's flowers as his own

when he weaves them in a garland.

224

The buried city, laid bare to the sun of a new age,

is ashamed that it has lost all its song.

• Artist:Rabindranath Tagore