Living

Stray Birds 310: I dream of a star

by Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941

Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)

Living

I dream of a star, an island of light, where I shall be born and in the depth of its quickening leisure my life will ripen its works like the ricefield in the autumn sun.

MLA

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 310: I dream of a star.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/497/.

Chicago

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 310: I dream of a star.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/497/.

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