Living
Stray Birds 198: The cricket's chirp and the patter of rain
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
The cricket's chirp and the patter of rain come to me through the dark, like the rustle of dreams from my past youth.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 198: The cricket's chirp and the patter of rain.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/385/.
Chicago
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 198: The cricket's chirp and the patter of rain.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/385/.
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