Here is thy footstool [German translation]

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 reach 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.

• Artist:Rabindranath Tagore