Living
Stray Birds 308: Cheerless is the day
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
Cheerless is the day, the light under frowning clouds is like a punished child with traces of tears on its pale cheeks, and the cry of the wind is like the cry of a wounded world. But I know I am travelling to meet my Friend.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 308: Cheerless is the day.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/495/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 308: Cheerless is the day.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/495/.
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