I love to watch the road
Juli 4, 2017
I love to watch the road
I love to watch the road
Sunshine and shadows play,
rain comes
and the spring
I love to watch the road
I love to watch the road
People pass to and fro
bringing news
People pass to and fro
bringing news
I’m happy to live in my thoughts
when the breeze cools,
cools me gently
I love to watch the road
I love to watch the road
All day with wide open eyes
I’ll sit at my door alone
If the time comes for you to be suddenly here,
I’ll see you
All day with wide open eyes
I’ll sit at my door alone
If the time comes for you to be suddenly here,
I’ll see you
Meanwhile, sometimes,
I’ll inwardly laugh and sing
Meanwhile, sometimes,
I’ll inwardly laugh and sing
While a scent on the breeze floats,
floats past me
softly
I love to watch the road
I love to watch the road
Sunshine and shadows play,
rain comes
and the spring
I love to watch the road
I love to watch the road
Rabindranath Tagore
tr William Radice
William Radice – A Tribute to Tagore
Let me pronounce these words the day I go:
Nothing compares
With what I’ve seen,
With what I’ve come to know.
The hundred-petalled lotus that upon
This sea of light
Blooms—I’ve drunk
Its nectar: let me to everyone
Speak of this good fortune on the day I go.
This world of forms
In which I’ve played
Allows what has no form to show
Its beauty: with my eyes I’ve witnessed this.
That which can’t
Be touched has touched
And hugged the whole of my body—thus
If all of this must end, then let it go.
These are the words
Which on the day
I leave I want you all to know.
Rabindranath Tagore
tr William Radice