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Stray Birds 177: Your smile was the flowers of your own

by Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941

Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)

Living

Your smile was the flowers of your own fields, your talk was the rustle of your own mountain pines, but your heart was the woman that we all know.

MLA

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 177: Your smile was the flowers of your own.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/364/.

Chicago

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 177: Your smile was the flowers of your own.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/364/.

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