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Rabindranath Tagore - The Lost Star -- English TranslationRabindranath Tagore - The Lost Star -- English Translation
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When God finished his work of creation In the vast blue sky All the stars began to shine. In the milky way With this new world in their front All the gods sat in rows and began to sing, ‘O what joy! What perfection! A great piece of music, in perfect rhythm - These planets, this moon and this sun!’ But someone from the assembly Suddenly told, ‘From this string of lights A star seems to have fallen down!’ The strings of the lyre snapped And the music came to a stop, A quest began to find out Where the lost star had gone. Everybody said, ‘It was the star which brightened the heavens most It was the biggest and the best.’ From then on has been going on This quest for this star which has been lost Day and night there is no rest. Everybody says, ‘Among all the stars We have got to find out This particular star. Without it the entire world has become dark.’ But in the dead of night the silent stars Smiling silently say among themselves, ‘This search is useless For all the stars are there!’
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