Living
Stray Birds 214: Our desire lends the colours of the rainbow
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
Our desire lends the colours of the rainbow to the mere mists and vapours of life.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 214: Our desire lends the colours of the rainbow.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/401/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 214: Our desire lends the colours of the rainbow.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/401/.
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