Moon, for what do you wait? - To salute the sun for whom I must make way.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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Leisure in its activity is work. The stillness of the sea stirs in waves.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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Truth in her dress finds facts too tight. In fiction she moves with ease.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The day of work is done. Hide my face in your arms, Mother. Let me dream.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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Man's history is waiting in patience for the triumph of the insulted man.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The mist is like the earth's desire. It hides the sun for whom she cries.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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Silence will carry your voice like the nest that holds the sleeping birds.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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When we rejoice in our fulness, then we can part with our fruits with joy.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The canal loves to think that rivers exist solely to supply it with water.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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