1 <br /> <br />STRAY birds of summer come to my window <br />to sing and fly away. <br />And yellow leaves of autumn, <br />which have no songs, <br />flutter and fall there with a sigh. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />O TROUPE of little vagrants of the world, <br />leave your footprints in my words. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />THE world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. <br />It becomes small as one song, <br />as one kiss of the eternal. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />IT is the tears of the earth <br />that keep her smiles in bloom. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />THE mighty desert is burning <br />for the love of a blade of grass <br />who shakes her head and laughs <br />and flies <br />away. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />IF you shed tears when you miss the sun, <br />you also miss the stars. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />THE sands in your way beg for your song <br />and your movement, <br />dancing water. <br />Will you carry the burden of their lameness? <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />HER wistful face haunts my dreams <br />like the rain at night. <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />ONCE we dreamt that we were strangers. <br />We wake up to find that we were dear to each other. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />SORROW is hushed into peace in my heart <br />like the evening among the silent trees.<br /><br />Rabindranath Tagore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stray-birds-1-10/
