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Stray Birds 3: The world puts off its mask of vastness
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover.
It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 3: The world puts off its mask of vastness.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/190/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 3: The world puts off its mask of vastness.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/190/.
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