"Sail Away" (poem) by Rabindranath Tagore, Early in the day it was whispered that we should sail in a boat, Just you and me, and never a soul in the world would know of this our pilgrimage to any country or to any purpose. In that ocean without shores, Before your smile that listens in silence my songs would swell into melodies, free as the waves, free from all slavery of words. Hasn't the time come yet? Are there still works to do? Look, Evening has reached the shore and, in the twilight, the seabirds fly to their nests. Who knows when the chains will come loose? and the boat, like the last ray of the afternoon,