Stray Birds 31 - 40 Poem by Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency / British India

Stray Birds 31 - 40

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31

THE trees come up to my window
like the yearning voice of the dumb earth.

32

HIS own mornings are new surprises to God.

33

LIFE finds its wealth by the claims of the world,
and its worth by the claims of love.

34

THE dry river-bed finds no thanks for its past.

35

THE bird wishes it were a cloud.
The cloud wishes it were a bird.

36

THE waterfall sings,
'I find my song,
when I find my freedom.'

37

I CANNOT tell why this heart languishes in silence.
It is for small needs it never asks,
or knows or remembers.

38

WOMAN,
when you move about in your household service
your limbs sing like a hill stream among its pebbles.

39

THE sun goes to cross the Western sea,
leaving its last salutation to the East.

40

DO not blame your food because you have no appetite.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fabrizio Frosini 15 October 2015

''the yearning voice of the dumb earth'' [ la voce struggente della muta terra ] truly beautiful..

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Edward Kofi Louis 15 October 2015

my freedom is with the muse of life. Thanks for sharing.

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Neran Sati 15 October 2015

Tagore.. mind blowing like the third eye

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Rahman Henry 15 October 2015

Nice job. But who was the translator?

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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency / British India
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