# XIX explained — Gitanjali

> Chapter companion for Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore.

## What happens

The poet resolves to endure the silence of the Divine with patience, trusting that morning will come and the Divine's voice will pour forth in golden streams, filling the world with songs and melodies.

## Themes in this chapter

### The Pain of Separation and Longing

The poet endures the silence of the Divine, longing for the voice that will come.

### Spiritual Journey and Self-Realization

The patient waiting and trust in the eventual arrival of divine light and voice.

## Character check-ins

### The Poet

The speaker who waits in silence for the Divine's voice.

### The Divine

The silent presence whose voice is anticipated.

## Key lines

> If thou speakest not I will fill my heart with thy silence and endure it.

If you remain silent, I will accept your silence and bear it within me.

_The poet chooses to embrace the Divine's silence rather than resist it._

> The morning will surely come, the darkness will vanish, and thy voice pour down in golden streams breaking through the sky.

Dawn is inevitable; the darkness will fade and your voice will cascade like golden light from the heavens.

_A confident assertion of faith in the eventual revelation of the Divine._

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