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May 9, 2021 

Gitanjali 83
Rabindranath Tagore

Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck with my tears of sorrow.
       The stars have wrought their anklets of light to deck thy feet, but mine will hang upon thy breast.
       Wealth and fame come from thee and it is for thee to give or to withhold them. But this my sorrow is absolutely mine own, and when I bring it to thee as my offering thou rewardest me with thy grace.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on May 9, 2021, by the Academy of American Poets.

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“Gitanjali 83” originally appeared in Gitanjali: Song Offerings (Macmillan, 1914).
Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta, India, on May 7, 1861. The author of many poetry collections, including Gitanjali: Song Offerings (Macmillan, 1914), he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He died on August 7, 1941.
Gitanjali
Gitanjali: Song Offerings 
(Macmillan, 1914)
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