Indian Weavers

WEAVERS, weaving at break of day, Why do you weave a garment so gay? . . . Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild, We weave the robes of a new-born child.

Weavers, weaving at fall of night, Why do you weave a garment so bright? . . . Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green, We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.

Weavers, weaving solemn and still, What do you weave in the moonlight chill? . . . White as a feather and white as a cloud, We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.

Glossary

break of day: beginning of the day, morning

gay: cheerful, carefree, bright and showy garment

halcyon: mythological bird like a kingfisher

wild: free, close to nature

robes: a dress covering the whole body

rall of night: evening time, beginning of night

plume: long, soft feather especially used in ornament

marriage veil: fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face

solemn: formal, dignified, honest

still: quiet, silent

chill: cold, lifeless

white: empty, colourless, fade up

white a cloud: having no humidity

funeral shroud: cloth covering a dead body

Photo Gallery

Break of day

Weaving colourful

threads

Halcyon: kingfisher

like mythological bird

Plumes of peacock

purple and greenMarriage veil

Fall of nightFuneral shroud

Indian Weavers

Sarojini Naidu

Mind Map

stanza 1 : Happiness stanza

2 : enthusiasmStanza 3 :

Sorrow

Tone

M. T. Ambhore

J. T. Jadhav