Living
Stray Birds 163: "The learned say that your lights will one
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
"The learned say that your lights will one day be no more." said the firefly to the stars.
The stars made no answer.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 163: "The learned say that your lights will one.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/350/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 163: "The learned say that your lights will one.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/350/.
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