Salutation
– Rabindranath Tagore

In one salutation to thee, my God,
let all my senses spread out and
touch this world at thy feet.

Like a rain—cloud of July
hung low with its burden of unshed showers
let all my mind bend down
at thy door in one salutation to thee.

Let all my songs gather together
their diverse strains into a single current
and flow to a sea of silence in one salutation to thee.

Like a flock of homesick cranes flying night and day
back to their mountain nests
let all my life take its voyage to its eternal home
in one salutation to thee.