I have seen thee as the half-awakened child sees his mother in the dusk of the dawn and then smiles and sleeps again.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing water. Will you carry the burden of their lameness?
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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"Who is there to take up my duties?" asked the setting sun. "I shall do what I can, my Master," said the earthen lamp.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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When all the strings of my life will be tuned, my Master, then at every touch of thine will come out the music of love.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The raindrops kissed the earth and whispered,--"We are thy homesick children, mother, come back to thee from the heaven."
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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We shall know some day that death can never rob us of that which our soul has gained, for her gains are one with herself.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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"You are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side," said the dewdrop to the lake.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The earth hums to me to-day in the sun, like a woman at her spinng, some ballad of the ancient time in a forgotten tongue.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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I have learnt the simple meaning of thy whispers in flowers and sunshine – teach me to know thy words in pain and death.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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There are tracts in my life that are bare and silent. They are the open spaces where my busy days had their light and air.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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