Living
Stray Birds 66: The infant flower opens its bud and cries
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
The infant flower opens its bud and cries, "Dear World, please do not fade."
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 66: The infant flower opens its bud and cries.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/253/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 66: The infant flower opens its bud and cries.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/253/.
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