Re: Past happenings

This morning as I was returning from my morning constitutional of walking for an hour a faint music greeted me. It was a favourite song by Tagore. The mild northern wind was carrying the song from somewhere in the vicinity. Probably it was a precursor to some sporting event along the banks of the lakes. What struck me were the two lines which reached me very clearly. At that moment I was thinking of “Time” and its ramifications. Was it telepathy? The lines in Bengali were:

“Samay je tar holo gato,
Nishi sesher tarar mato
Holo gato;
Sesh kore dao Siuli phuler
Maran sathe..
Amar raat pohalo..”

Translated roughly it conveys:
“Its time is depleted,
Like the Star at the  day-break,
Let it end with the shedding
of the siuli flower…”

The great poet, therefore feels that time fades out like the shedding of the beautiful white siuli flowers or the cessation of the night to lead to where ? The poet remains silent on that.
Perhaps he had left it to his readers to imagine that out. My search for the flight of Time so far hasn't met with any success.

Siva.
My night fades out..”