quarta-feira, 7 de dezembro de 2022

Gitanjali 60


Royce Bair




On the seashore of endless worlds children meet. The infinite sky is 
      motionless overhead and the restless water is boisterous. On the seashore 
      of endless worlds the children meet with shouts and dances.

They build their houses with sand, and they play with empty shells. With 
      withered leaves they weave their boats and smilingly float them on 
      the vast deep. Children have their play on the seashore of worlds.

They know not how to swim, they know not how to cast nets. Pearl-fishers 
      dive for pearls, merchants sail in their ships, while children gather 
      pebbles and scatter them again. They seek not for hidden treasures, 
      they know not how to cast nets.

The sea surges up with laughter, and pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach. 
      Death-dealing waves sing meaningless ballads to the children, 
      even like a mother while rocking her baby’s cradle. The sea plays with 
      children, and pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach.

On the seashore of endless worlds children meet. Tempest roams in the 
      pathless sky, ships are wrecked in the trackless water, death is abroad 
      and children play. On the seashore of endless worlds is the great 
      meeting of children.



RABINDRANATH TAGORE





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