Living
Stray Birds 281: I have seen thee as the half-awakened child
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
I have seen thee as the half-awakened child sees his mother in the dusk of the dawn and then smiles and sleeps again.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 281: I have seen thee as the half-awakened child.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/468/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 281: I have seen thee as the half-awakened child.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/468/.
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