Gitanjali-24
IF the day is done, if birds sing no
more, if the wind has flagged tired,
then draw the veil of darkness thick
upon me, even as thou hast wrapt the
earth with the coverlet of sleep and
tenderly closed the petals of the
drooping lotus at dusk.
From the traveller, whose sack of
provisions is empty before the voyage
is ended, whose garment is torn and
dust-laden, whose strength is
exhausted, remove shame and
poverty, and renew his life like a
flower under the cover of thy kindly
night.