The bird wishes it were a cloud. The cloud wishes it were a bird.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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Gaps are left in life through which comes the sad music of death.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The pet dog suspects the universe for scheming to take its place.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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Lead me in the centre of thy silence to fill my heart with songs.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The bird wishes it were a cloud. The cloud wishes it were a bird.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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That love can ever lose is a fact that we cannot accept as truth.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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I long for the Island of Songs across this heaving Sea of Shouts.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The Perfect decks itself in beauty for the love of the Imperfect.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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What is this unseen flame of darkness whose sparks are the stars?
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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