Question

Distance time by Rabindranath Tagore summary

Answer 1

I know not from what distant time 
thou art ever coming nearer to meet me. 
Thy sun and stars can never keep thee hidden from me for aye. 

In many a morning and eve thy footsteps have been heard
and thy messenger has come within my heart and called me in secret. 

I know not only why today my life is all astir, 
and a feeling of tremulous joy is passing through my heart. 

It is as if the time were come to wind up my work, 
and I feel in the air a faint smell of thy sweet presence.
by Rabindranath Tagore

explanation =


Time is endless in thy hands, my lord.
There is none to count thy minutes.
Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers.
Thou knowest how to wait.
Thy century follow each other perfecting
a small flower.
We have no time to loose, and having no time
we must scramble for our chances.
We are too poor to be late.
And thus itis that time goes by while I give it to
every querulous man who claims it,
and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.
And at the end of the day I hasten in fear
lest thy gate be shut;
but I find that yet there is time.

Answer 2

I know not from what distant time 
thou art ever coming nearer to meet me. 
Thy sun and stars can never keep thee hidden from me for aye. 

In many a morning and eve thy footsteps have been heard
and thy messenger has come within my heart and called me in secret. 

I know not only why today my life is all astir, 
and a feeling of tremulous joy is passing through my heart. 

It is as if the time were come to wind up my work, 
and I feel in the air a faint smell of thy sweet presence