Living
Stray Birds 285: They light their own lamps and sing their
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
They light their own lamps and sing their own words in their temples.
But the birds sing thy name in thine own morning light,—for thy name is joy.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 285: They light their own lamps and sing their.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/472/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 285: They light their own lamps and sing their.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/472/.
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