My Day is Done

My day is done, and I am come,
From the gardens of the world,
With my weary heart and my spirit numb,
And my soul to thee unfurled.
I have gathered roses, red and white,
And I have gathered lilies fair,
But I have found no sweet delight,
And no fragrance in the air.
And no fragrance in the air.

About Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Thakur, also known by his pseudonym Bhanusimha was a Bengali polymath of the Bengal Renaissance period. In 1913, Tagore became the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist and non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. A significant moulder of culture within the Indian subcontinent, he wrote and composed the national anthems of India and Bangladesh.

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