Bengali modernism

Gitanjali 29: He whom I enclose with my name is weeping in t

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He whom I enclose with my name is weeping in this dungeon. I am ever

busy building this wall all around; and as this wall goes up into the

sky day by day I lose sight of my true being in its dark shadow.


I take pride in this great wall, and I plaster it with dust and sand

lest a least hole should be left in this name; and for all the care I

take I lose sight of my true being.