Here is thy footstool and there rest my feet | Song Offerings, Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore

Here is thy footstool and there rest my feet – is a poem in the Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry collection “Song Offerings” or “Gitanjali” in Bengali. Geetanjali is a remarkable book of verses composed by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), which earned him the Nobel Prize.

It was written originally in Bangla during 1908-1909 and later its English version in prose was published under the title ‘The Song offerings’. It was the first English anthology of Rabindranath published in late 1912 by the India Society of London. On 10 November of the following Year (1913), Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for the book Geetanjali.

This recognition introduced Rabindranath worldwide as an exponent of unique poetic talent. Famous Irish poet W B Yeats wrote the introduction of the English version of Geetanjali. Besides, a pencil sketch of the poet drawn by Rothenstain was published in the book. Rabindranath dedicated Geetanjali to WB Yeats.

Serial Number of the song : 10

 

Here is thy footstool and there rest my feet.

HERE IS THY footstool and there rest thy feet where live the poorest,

and lowliest, and lost.

When I try to bow to thee,

my obeisance cannot reacb down to the depth where thy feet rest among the poorest,

and lowliest, and lost.

Pride can never approach to where thou walkest in the clothes of the humble among the poorest,

and lowliest, and lost.

My heart can never find its way to where thou keepest company with the companionless among the poorest,

the lowliest, and the lost.

 

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