I will deck thee with trophies [German translation]

I will deck thee with trophies, garlands of my defeat.

It is never in my power to escape unconquered.

I surely know my pride will go to the wall,

my life will burst its bonds in exceeding pain,

and my empty heart will sob out in music like a hollow reed,

and the stone will melt in tears.

I surely know the hundred petals of a lotus

will not remain closed for ever

and the secret recess of its honey will be bared.

From the blue sky an eye shall gaze upon me

and summon me in silence.

Nothing will be left for me, nothing whatever,

and utter death shall I receive at thy feet.

• Artist:Rabindranath Tagore