by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

The rain has held back for days and days
Language: English  after the Bangla (Bengali) 
Our translations:  GER
The rain has held back for days and days, 
my God, in my arid heart. 
The horizon is fiercely naked - 
not the thinnest cover of a soft cloud, 
not the vaguest hint of a distant cool shower.

Send thy angry storm, dark with death, 
if it is thy wish, and with lashes of lightning 
startle the sky from end to end.

But call back, my lord, call back 
this pervading silent heat, 
still and keen and cruel, 
burning the heart with dire despair.

Let the cloud of grace bend low 
from above like the tearful look 
of the mother on the day of the father's wrath.

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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
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