In one salutation to thee, my God, let all my senses spread out and touch this world at thy feet. (song 103) by Rabindranath Tagore (poem, summary & analysis)
In
one salutation to thee, my God, let all my senses spread out and touch this
world at thy feet.
Like
a rain-cloud of July hung low with its burden of unshed showers let all my mind
bend down at thy door in one salutation to thee.
Let
all my songs gather together their diverse strains into a single current and
flow to a sea of silence in one salutation to thee.
Like
a flock of homesick cranes flying night and day back to their mountain nests
let all my life take its voyage to its eternal home in one salutation to thee.
In
one salutation to thee, my God, let all my senses spread out and touch this
world at thy feet.
Summary
The
final poem of Gitanjali is like the last flower of devotion that the poet
offers at God's feet. He wants to give everything he has to the Divine with a
heart full of joy and peace. The poet surrenders his senses, mind, and soul to
the silent and Supreme One, using different images to express this. He wishes
that minds would bow before God, like heavy rain clouds in July, full and ready
to pour. Just as streams flow into the sea, he imagines all his songs coming
together to flow into the eternal sea. The poet’s soul, longing for eternal
peace, wants to fly to God, just as homesick birds return to their mountain
nests.
Critical
Analysis
The
poet shows deep love for God through clear and colorful images in the poem.
Beautiful flowers of devotion are woven into a lovely garland to place around
God's neck. This final song ends with a respectful greeting to God. Through
this last song, the poet’s wish to offer himself and his hope for eternal unity
with God is fulfilled.
"Like
a flock of homesick cranes flying night and day back to their mountain nests
let all my life take hits voyage it its eternal home in one salutation to
thee"
The
poet, in these lines, shares his thoughts about the origin of life. He believes
that everything comes from God and eventually returns to Him. In this passage,
he expresses this idea once again, offering his final flower of prayer at God's
feet. This flower symbolizes his prayer to God's eternal will, a plea for
spiritual fulfillment. The poet's soul is compared to a crane that flies long
distances to reach its home. Like the crane, he longs to return to the eternal
after his short time on Earth.
The
book concludes with a tribute to God. The poet uses a beautiful image to
describe his journey to heaven, which he sees as the ultimate goal of life.
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