Gitanjali
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GITANJALI

 

LXII

When I bring to you colored toys, my child, I understand why there is such a play of colours on clouds, on water, and why flowers are painted in tints when I give colored toys to you, my child.

When I sing to make you dance I truly now 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 flowers 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 that is which the summer breeze brings to my body  when I kiss you to make you smile.

 

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