Religion
Fruit-Gathering 70: When you hold your lamp in the sky
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Fruit-Gathering (1916)
Religion
When you hold your lamp in the sky it throws its light on my face and its shadow falls over you.
When I hold the lamp of love in my heart its light falls on you and I am left standing behind in the shadow.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Fruit-Gathering 70: When you hold your lamp in the sky.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/583/.
Chicago
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Fruit-Gathering 70: When you hold your lamp in the sky.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/583/.
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