Fireflies 249 - 256 [German translation]

249

The unseen dark plays on his flute

and the rhythm of light

eddies into stars and suns,

into thoughts and dreams.

250

My songs are to sing

that I have loved Thy singing.

251

When the voice of the Silent touches my words

I know him and therefore I know myself.

252

My last salutations are to them

who knew me imperfect and loved me.

253

Love's gift cannot be given,

it waits to be accepted.

254

When death comes and whispers to me,

"Thy days are ended,"

let me say to him, "I have lived in love

and not in mere time."

He will ask, "Will thy songs remain?"

I shall say, "I know not, but this I know

that often when I sang I found my eternity."

255

"Let me light my lamp,"

says the star,

„and never debate

if it will help to remove the darkness.“

256

Before the end of my journey

may I reach within myself

the one which is the all,

leaving the outer shell

to float away with the drifting multitude

upon the current of chance and change.

• Artist:Rabindranath Tagore