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Stray Birds 14: The mystery of creation is like the darkness
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
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The mystery of creation is like the darkness of night—it is great. Delusions of knowledge are like the fog of the morning.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 14: The mystery of creation is like the darkness.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/201/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 14: The mystery of creation is like the darkness.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/201/.
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