If the day is done [German translation]

If the day is done,

if birds sing no more,

if the wind has flagged tired,

then draw the veil of darkness thick upon me,

even as thou hast wrapt the earth

with the coverlet of sleep

and tenderly closed the petals

of the drooping lotus at dusk.

From the traveller,

whose sack of provisions is empty

before the voyage is ended,

whose garment is torn and dust-laden,

whose strength is exhausted,

remove shame and poverty,

and renew his life like a flower

under the cover of thy kindly night.

• Artist:Rabindranath Tagore