When I bring to you colour'd toys, my child [German translation]

When I bring to you colour'd toys, my child,

I understand why there is such a play of colours

on clouds, on water, and why flow'rs are painted in tints:

When I give colour'd toys to you, my child.

When I sing to make you dance,

I truly know why there is music in leaves,

and why waves send their chorus of voices

to the heart of the listening earth:

When I sing to make you dance.

When I bring sweet things to your greedy hands,

I know why there is honey in the cup of the flower

and why fruits are secretly filled with sweet juice:

When I bring sweet things to your greedy hands.

When I kiss your face to make you smile, my darling,

I surely understand

what pleasure streams from the sky in morning light,

and what delight that is which the summer breeze brings to my body -

when I kiss you to make you smile.

• Artist:Rabindranath Tagore