Living
Stray Birds 154: By plucking her petals you do not gather
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 154: By plucking her petals you do not gather.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/341/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 154: By plucking her petals you do not gather.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/341/.
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