Gitanjali
Song Index

SONG INDEX

[ Songs 1–25 ]   [ Songs 26–50 ]   [ Songs 51–75 ]   [ Songs 76–103 ]

Songs 1–25

#01 — Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure → Listen to Tracks

#02 — When thou commandest me to sing it seems that my heart would break with pride → Listen to Tracks

#03 — I know not how thou singest, my master! → Listen to Tracks

#04 — Life of my life, I shall ever try to keep my body pure → Listen to Tracks

#05 — I ask for a moment's indulgence to sit by thy side → Listen to Tracks

#06 — Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! → Listen to Tracks

#07 — My song has put off her adornments → Listen to Tracks

#08 — The child who is decked with prince's robes → Listen to Tracks

#09 — O Fool, to try to carry thyself upon thy own shoulders! → Listen to Tracks

#10 — Here is thy footstool and there rest thy feet → Listen to Tracks

#11 — Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads! → Listen to Tracks

#12 — The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long → Listen to Tracks

#13 — The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day → Listen to Tracks

#14 — My desires are many and my cry is piteous → Listen to Tracks

#15 — I am here to sing thee songs → Listen to Tracks

#16 — I have had my invitation to this world's festival → Listen to Tracks

#17 — I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands → Listen to Tracks

#18 — Clouds heap upon clouds and it darkens → Listen to Tracks

#19 — If thou speakest not I will fill my heart with thy silence → Listen to Tracks

#20 — On the day when the lotus bloomed, alas, my mind was straying → Listen to Tracks

#21 — I must launch out my boat → Listen to Tracks

#22 — In the deep shadows of the rainy July → Listen to Tracks

#23 — Art thou abroad on this stormy night on thy journey of love → Listen to Tracks

#24 — If the day is done, if birds sing no more → Listen to Tracks

#25 — In the night of weariness let me give myself up to sleep without struggle → Listen to Tracks

Songs 26–50

#26 — He came and sat by my side but I woke not → Listen to Tracks

#27 — Light, oh where is the light? → Listen to Tracks

#28 — Obstinate are the trammels, but my heart aches when I try to break them → Listen to Tracks

#29 — He whom I enclose with my name is weeping in this dungeon → Listen to Tracks

#30 — I came out alone on my way to my tryst → Listen to Tracks

#31 — "Prisoner, tell me, who was it that bound you?" → Listen to Tracks

#32 — By all means they try to hold me secure who love me in this world → Listen to Tracks

#33 — When it was day they came into my house and said, "We shall only take the smallest room here" → Listen to Tracks

#34 — Let only that little be left of me whereby I may name thee my all → Listen to Tracks

#35 — Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high → Listen to Tracks

#36 — This is my prayer to thee, my lord—strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart → Listen to Tracks

#37 — I thought that my voyage had come to its end → Listen to Tracks

#38 — That I want thee, only thee—let my heart repeat without end → Listen to Tracks

#39 — When the heart is hard and parched up, come upon me with a shower of mercy → Listen to Tracks

#40 — The dry river-bed cries for the rain → Listen to Tracks

#41 — Where dost thou stand behind them all, my lover, hiding thyself in the shadows? → Listen to Tracks

#42 — Early in the day it was whispered that we should sail in a boat → Listen to Tracks

#43 — The day was when I did not keep myself in readiness for thee → Listen to Tracks

#44 — This is my delight, thus to wait and watch at the wayside → Listen to Tracks

#45 — Have you not heard his silent steps? He comes, comes, ever comes → Listen to Tracks

#46 — I know not from what distant time thou art ever coming nearer to meet me → Listen to Tracks

#47 — The night is nearly spent waiting for him in vain → Listen to Tracks

#48 — The morning sea of silence broke into ripples of bird songs → Listen to Tracks

#49 — You came down from your throne and stood at my cottage door → Listen to Tracks

#50 — I had gone a-begging from door to door in the village path → Listen to Tracks

Songs 51–75

#51 — The night darkened. Our day's works had been done → Listen to Tracks

#52 — I thought I should ask of thee—but I dared not—the rose garland on thy neck → Listen to Tracks

#53 — Beautiful is thy wristlet, decked with stars and cunningly wrought in myriad-coloured jewels → Listen to Tracks

#54 — I asked nothing from thee; I uttered not my name to thine ear → Listen to Tracks

#55 — Languor is upon your heart and the slumber is still on your eyes → Listen to Tracks

#56 — Thus it is that thy joy in me is full → Listen to Tracks

#57 — Light, my light, the world-filling light, the eye-kissing light, heart-sweetening light! → Listen to Tracks

#58 — Let all the strains of joy mingle in my last song → Listen to Tracks

#59 — Yes, I know, this is nothing but thy love, O beloved of my heart → Listen to Tracks

#60 — On the seashore of endless worlds children meet → Listen to Tracks

#61 — The sleep that flits on baby's eyes—does anybody know from where it comes? → Listen to Tracks

#62 — When I bring to you coloured toys, my child, I understand why there is such a play of colours on clouds → Listen to Tracks

#63 — Thou hast made me known to friends whom I knew not → Listen to Tracks

#64 — On the slope of the desolate river among tall grasses I asked her → Listen to Tracks

#65 — What divine drink wouldst thou have, my God, from this overflowing cup of my life? → Listen to Tracks

#66 — She who ever had remained in the depth of my being → Listen to Tracks

#67 — Thou art the sky and thou art the nest as well → Listen to Tracks

#68 — Thy sunbeam comes upon this earth of mine with arms outstretched → Listen to Tracks

#69 — The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world → Listen to Tracks

#70 — Is it beyond thee to be glad with the gladness of this rhythm? → Listen to Tracks

#71 — That I should make much of myself and turn it on all sides → Listen to Tracks

#72 — He it is, the innermost one, who awakens my being with his deep hidden touches → Listen to Tracks

#73 — Deliverance is not for me in renunciation → Listen to Tracks

#74 — The day is no more, the shadow is upon the earth → Listen to Tracks

#75 — Thy gifts to us mortals fulfil all our needs and yet run back to thee undiminished → Listen to Tracks

Songs 76–103

#76 — Day after day, O lord of my life, shall I stand before thee face to face? → Listen to Tracks

#77 — I know thee as my God and stand apart → Listen to Tracks

#78 — When the creation was new and all the stars shone in their first splendour → Listen to Tracks

#79 — If it is not my fortune to meet thee in this my life → Listen to Tracks

#80 — I am like a remnant of a cloud of autumn uselessly roaming in the sky → Listen to Tracks

#81 — Many an idle hour have I spent in the strife of the good and the evil → Listen to Tracks

#82 — Time is endless in thy hands, my lord → Listen to Tracks

#83 — Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck with my tears of sorrow → Listen to Tracks

#84 — It is the pang of separation that spreads throughout the world and gives birth to shapes innumerable → Listen to Tracks

#85 — When the warriors came out from the hall of their master, where were they hiding their arms? → Listen to Tracks

#86 — Death, thy servant, is at my door. He has crossed the unknown sea → Listen to Tracks

#87 — In desperate hope I go and search for her in all the corners of my room → Listen to Tracks

#88 — Deity of the ruined temple! The broken strings of Vina sing no more your praise → Listen to Tracks

#89 — No more noisy, loud words from me—such is my master's will → Listen to Tracks

#90 — O thou the last fulfilment of life, Death, my death, come and whisper to me! → Listen to Tracks

#91 — I know that the day will come when my sight of this earth shall be lost → Listen to Tracks

#92 — I know that the day will come when the play shall be over → Listen to Tracks

#93 — I have got my leave. Bid me farewell, my brothers! → Listen to Tracks

#94 — At this time of my parting, wish me good luck, my friends! → Listen to Tracks

#95 — I was not aware of the moment when I first crossed the threshold of this life → Listen to Tracks

#96 — When I go from hence let this be my parting word, that what I have seen is unsurpassable → Listen to Tracks

#97 — When my play was with thee I never questioned who thou wert → Listen to Tracks

#98 — I will deck thee with trophies, garlands of my defeat → Listen to Tracks

#99 — When I give up the helm I know that the time has come for thee to take it → Listen to Tracks

#100 — I dive down into the depth of the ocean of forms, hoping to gain the perfect pearl of the formless → Listen to Tracks

#101 — Ever in my life have I sought thee with my songs → Listen to Tracks

#102 — I boast of this before men, that I have known you → Listen to Tracks

#103 — In one salutation to thee, my God, let all my senses spread out and touch this world at thy feet → Listen to Tracks