Quote
“The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.
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What does this quotation mean?
Poem 3 in Stray Birds. The image is poetic and metaphorical, rather than a literal rule or a promise that hardship necessarily brings a reward.
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Source: Stray Birds , Poem 3
Edition: English text by Rabindranath Tagore
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Excerpt checked against the linked public-domain English edition. Korean rendering and context note by Quotations; not an authorized translation. Historical punctuation is retained; line breaks and editorial footnote markers are normalized.
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