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The Gardener 15: I run as a musk-deer runs
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1915) · From The Gardener (1915)
I run as a musk-deer runs in the shadow of the forest mad with his own perfume.
The night is the night of mid-May, the breeze is the breeze of the south.
I lose my way and I wander, I seek what I cannot get, I get what I do not seek.
From my heart comes out and dances the image of my own desire.
The gleaming vision flits on.
I try to clasp it firmly, it eludes me and leads me astray.
I seek what I cannot get, I get what I do not seek.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Gardener 15: I run as a musk-deer runs.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/117/.
Chicago
Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Gardener 15: I run as a musk-deer runs.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/117/.
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