Religion

Fruit-Gathering 15: Your speech is simple

by Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941

Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Fruit-Gathering (1916)

Religion

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.

MLA

Tagore, Rabindranath. “Fruit-Gathering 15: Your speech is simple.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/528/.

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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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