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Stray Birds 176: The water in a vessel is sparkling
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark.
The small truth has words that are clear; the great truth has great silence.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 176: The water in a vessel is sparkling.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/363/.
Chicago
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 176: The water in a vessel is sparkling.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/363/.
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