Religion
Fruit-Gathering 17: I brought out my earthen lamp from my
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Fruit-Gathering (1916)
Religion
I brought out my earthen lamp from my house and cried, "Come, children, I will light your path!"
The night was still dark when I returned, leaving the road to its silence, crying, "Light me, O Fire! for my earthen lamp lies broken in the dust!"
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Fruit-Gathering 17: I brought out my earthen lamp from my.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/530/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Fruit-Gathering 17: I brought out my earthen lamp from my.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/530/.
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