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God, again and again

through the ages

you have sent messengers

to this pitiless world:

They have said, 'Forgive everyone',

they have said,' Love one another-

Rid your hearts of evil.' ....

....My voice is choked to-day;



I have no music in my flute:

Black moonless night

has imprisoned my world,

plunged it into nightmare.

And this is why,

with tears in my eyes, I ask:

Those who have poisoned your air,

those who have extinguished your light,

can it be that your have forgiven them?

Can it be that you love them?



-Rabindranath Tagore

(Translated by William Radice)

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