Living
Stray Birds 27: The light that plays
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
The light that plays, like a naked child, among the green leaves happily knows not that man can lie.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 27: The light that plays.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/214/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 27: The light that plays.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/214/.
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