Religion
Fruit-Gathering 15: Your speech is simple
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Fruit-Gathering (1916)
Your speech is simple, my Master, but not theirs who talk of you.
I understand the voice of your stars and the silence of your trees.
I know that my heart would open like a flower; that my life has filled itself at a hidden fountain.
Your songs, like birds from the lonely land of snow, are winging to build their nests in my heart against the warmth of its April, and I am content to wait for the merry season.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Fruit-Gathering 15: Your speech is simple.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/528/.
Chicago
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Fruit-Gathering 15: Your speech is simple.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/528/.
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