Living
Stray Birds 264: The little flower lies in the dust
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
The little flower lies in the dust.
It sought the path of the butterfly.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 264: The little flower lies in the dust.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/451/.
Chicago
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 264: The little flower lies in the dust.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/451/.
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