Living
Stray Birds 37: I cannot tell why this heart languishes in
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
I cannot tell why this heart languishes in silence.
It is for small needs it never asks, or knows or remembers.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 37: I cannot tell why this heart languishes in.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/224/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 37: I cannot tell why this heart languishes in.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/224/.
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